Moderate quake jolts northwest China

February 12, 2013 20:14

A moderate 5.1-magnitude quake today jolted parts of northwest China's Qinghai Province close to Tibet but no casualities were reported. The epicentre of the quake, with a depth of 10 km, was felt in Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, China Earthquake Networks Centre said.

Li Yuejin, deputy director of the Qinghai Provincial Seismological Bureau, told state-run Xinhua news agency that the quake took place in a scarcely populated region, 85 km away from the nearest township.

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