Dozens Injured as Earthquake Rattles China's Xinjiang

A young ethnic Uygur boy holding a toy gun stands on an alley in Urumqi, Xinjiang province, EPA/BGNES

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 on the Richet scale has jolted China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region injuring dozens.

A total of 26 people, including three in a critical condition, according to the Chinese news agency Xinhua.

The quake has also toppled more than 30 units of housing, according to the spokesman with the Jiashi County Committee of the Communist Party of China.

The 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at 6:06 p.m. Thursday, said the China Earthquake Networks Center.

The epicenter was monitored at the border area between the region's Atux City in the Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture and Jiashi County in Kashgar.

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