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1st LD-Writethru: No casualties from 2 Tibet earthquakes

Xinhua,December 20, 2017 Adjust font size:

LHASA, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) -- No casualties were reported as of 11 a.m.,following two earthquakes in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region early Wednesday morning, according to local authorities.

A magnitude 5 earthquake, with the epicenter monitored at 29.88 degrees north latitude and 95.08 degrees east longitude, jolted Bayi District of Nyingchi City at 1:40 a.m., according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.

At 4:08 a.m., a magnitude 3.2 earthquake hit the same region at a depth of 6 km.

The Tibet Seismological Bureau said the earthquakes were aftershocks of the Nyingchi earthquake from a month ago.

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake hit Nyingchi at 6:34 a.m. on Nov. 18.

The quake caused power failure and building damages in a number of villages in the epicenter, detected at 29.75 degrees north latitude and 95.02 degrees east longitude. Enditem