M5.1 earthquake strikes China's Qinghai Province

A 5.1-magnitude earthquake jolted Haixi Prefecture of northwest China's Qinghai Province at 1:04 a.m. on Friday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC), Xinhua reports.

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The epicentre was monitored at 37.84 degrees north latitude and 95.59 degrees east longitude.

The earthquake struck at a depth of 10 km, the centre said.

Earlier, Qazinform News Agency reported that a second earthquake, with a magnitude of 4.4, had been recorded in China within 24 hours.