5.9-magnitude quake jolts NW China’s Qinghai

BEIJING, Aug. 14– A 5.9- magnitude earthquake jolted Zadoi County, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in northwest China’s Qinghai Province at 4:20 p.m. Sunday Beijing Time, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.

BEIJING, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) — A 5.9-magnitude earthquake jolted Zadoi County, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in northwest China’s Qinghai Province at 4:20 p.m. Sunday Beijing Time, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).

The epicenter was monitored at 33.14 degrees north latitude and 92.85 degrees east longitude, with a depth of 10 km, the CENC said. Enditem