4.5 magnitude earthquake jolts China

An earthquake of 4.5 magnitude has jolted China successful the aboriginal hours of Friday, according to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS). The tremors occurred astir 06:29 americium IST and were recorded astatine a extent of 10 km.The NCS posted the details of the earthquake connected its X account.

The epicentre was located astatine a latitude of 25.05 N and longitude of 99.72 E. Just days earlier connected 12 May, an earthquake of 5.6 magnitude astatine a extent of 9 km occurred successful parts of Tibet and China astatine 02:41 am.

There were nary contiguous reports of casualties oregon damage. Experts suggested that shallow earthquakes are much unsafe due to the fact that the seismic waves question a shorter region earlier reaching the earth's aboveground causing greater damage.China is situated connected the Eurasian tectonic plate. It is 1 of the world's astir earthquake-prone countries.