A 6.3-magnitude shallow earthquake struck a remote, sparsely populated area in northwestern China early on Saturday

A 6.3-magnitude shallow earthquake struck a remote, sparsely populated area in northwestern China early on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported.

The quake was registered at 05.07 a.m. local time (21:07 GMT on Friday) 151 kilometers (94 miles) southwest of the town of Shihezi in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, close to the border with Kazakhstan.

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