On Wednesday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) stated that an earthquake of magnitude 5.67 rocked the Kyrgyzstan-Xinjiang border region, barely a day after a magnitude 7.1 quake in the same area.
On Tuesday, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake shook the same area.
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According to the reports, the earthquake caused the collapse of dwellings, killing at least three people and injuring five.
“The aftershock on Wednesday was very shallow, at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.21 miles)”, the German Research Center for Geosciences noted.
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