Baku-APA. A 5.4-magnitude earthquake hit a county of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at 10:14 a.m. Tuesday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center, APA reports quoting Xinhua.
The epicenter, with a depth of 11 km, was monitored at about 36.1 degrees north latitude and 82.4 degrees east longitude, the center said in a statement.
The quake jolted the region's Yutian County in the prefecture of Hotan, the statement said.
According to the center, another 3.7-magnitude quake with a depth of 9 km jolted the same county three minutes later.