BEIJING: A huge 7.0-magnitude earthquake rocked the China-Kyrgyzstan border on Tuesday, with the United States Geological Survey saying it might cause a lot of damage.
According to television outlets in New Delhi, India, locals reported experiencing powerful jolts from the earthquake, which occurred 1,400 km distant.
The earthquake, registered at 2:00am local time in China's Xinjiang region, struck 140 kilometres west of Aksu at a depth of 27 km.
Three more earthquakes struck the area shortly after, with magnitudes of 5.5, 5.1, and 5.0.
The USGS stated that injuries were probable, although none were immediately recorded in the mountainous, rural area where the earthquake struck.
"Significant damage is likely and the disaster is potentially widespread," it warned in its assessment.
Tuesday's earthquake occurred the day after a landslip buried dozens of people and killed at least eight in southwest China.
In Gansu province, 148 people were murdered and hundreds were displaced by an earthquake in December.
This was China's deadliest earthquake since 2014, when more than 600 people were killed in southwestern Yunnan province.
Subzero conditions during the December earthquake hampered the assistance operation, with survivors crowded around outside fires to stay warm.
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