Magnitude 4.8 earthquake strikes Southern Xinjiang, China

An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 struck Southern Xinjiang in China on Wednesday (Nov 8), the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.

The quake was at a depth of 26 kilometres, EMSC said.

The quake was originally pegged at 5.5 magnitude, with a depth of 8 kilometres, but later downgraded to a magnitude of 4.8 by EMSC.

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