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Earthquake shakes remote area of Tibet (1st Lead)
Jul 24, 2009, 4:55 GMT
Beijing - A moderate earthquake shook a remote area of China's Tibet region Friday, Chinese and US government seismologists reported.
The epicentre of the magnitude-5.7 quake that struck at 11:11 am (0311 GMT) was 2,925 kilometres west of Beijing and 360 kilometres north-west of the nearest Tibetan town, Shigatse, close to China's Himalayan border with Nepal, the US Geological Survey said on its website.
The China Earthquake Administration measured the magnitude of the quake at 5.6 on the Richter scale and said a preliminary assessment concluded that little damage was expected in the sparsely populated area in Tibet's Nyima county.
The epicentre was about 70 kilometres from Nyima county town and the affected area had an average altitude of about 5,000 metres above sea level, the administration said.
It estimated the depth of the quake at about 33 kilometres, more than three times the depth reported by the US agency.
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