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Central Chinese province hit by 4.2-magnitude earthquake

Other News Materials 15 January 2017 18:11 (UTC +04:00)
The 4.2-magnitude earthquake hit the Chinese central province of Sichuan on Sunday
Central Chinese province hit by 4.2-magnitude earthquake

The 4.2-magnitude earthquake hit the Chinese central province of Sichuan on Sunday, Sputnik reported.

The tremors were registered at 6:15 p.m. local time in the Gong county of the southern Sichuan’s Yibin prefecture.

​The epicenter of the earthquake was located at a depth of 12 kilometers (about 7.5 miles).

There are no reports about damages and victims.

China is located in a seismically active zone and regularly suffers from powerful earthquakes. The world’s deadliest earthquake hit central and eastern part of China in 1556 leaving about 830,000 people dead. The Sichuan province was hit by a 8.0-magnitude earthquake on March 12, 2008 that killed around 70,000 people.

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