According to @ China Seismological Network Express: China Seismological Network officially measured that a magnitude 3.3 earthquake occurred at 08: 22 on January 23rd in Wushi County, Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang (41.31 degrees north latitude and 78.83 degrees east longitude) with a focal depth of 15 kilometers.

According to @ China Seismological Network Express: China Seismological Network officially measured that an earthquake of magnitude 5.2 occurred at 07: 19 on January 23 in Wushi County, Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang (41.21 degrees north latitude and 78.71 degrees east longitude) with a focal depth of 15 kilometers.

An earthquake of magnitude 7.1 occurred in Wushi County, Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang.

Three people have been injured in Kuran Sarik Township.

China Seismological Network officially measured: At 02: 09 on January 23rd, an earthquake of magnitude 7.1 occurred in Wushi County, Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang (41.26 degrees north latitude and 78.63 degrees east longitude) with a focal depth of 22 kilometers.

The average elevation within 5 kilometers of the epicenter is about 3048 meters. The epicentre is 41km away from Aheqi County, 50km away from Wushi County, 135km away from Aksu City and 790km away from Urumqi City. According to the catalogue of China Seismic Network Express, there have been 166 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or above within 200 kilometers around the epicenter in recent five years, and the largest earthquake is this one.

The earthquake caused a strong sense of earthquake in the surrounding areas, such as Aksu, Artux, Kashgar, Yili, Korla and Karamay, and there were reports of earthquakes in Urumqi. The villages within 20km around this earthquake are Baishi Alsac, Honggou, Taikeqibeixi, Sesketkenengbeixi, Bailer and Balemaza, and there are no townships within 20km, while the townships within 50km are Yamansu Kirgiz and Aotebeixi. After the strong earthquake, aftershocks of magnitude 4.5, 5.2 and 4.6 occurred near Wushi County at 2: 14, 2: 42 and 2: 50. In addition, at 2: 16 and 2: 32, earthquakes of magnitude 3.3 and 4.5 occurred in Akeqi County, Kizile, Xinjiang.

After the earthquake, the fire rescue detachment in Aksu dispatched 2 cars and 10 people from the earthquake rescue advance team of Wushi County Fire Rescue Brigade to gather and dispatch to the epicenter area for exploration. A light team of Aksu fire rescue detachment, with 13 vehicles and 60 people, has rushed to the epicenter.

Xinjiang Fire and Rescue Corps immediately launched the first-level response mechanism for earthquake disasters. According to the Earthquake Rescue Plan of Xinjiang Fire and Rescue Corps, the whole region assembled two heavy teams, six light teams and eight mobile teams, with a total of 182 vehicles, 800 people and 32 dogs, carrying 29,156 pieces (sets) of equipment to stand by in the camp, ready for reinforcements at any time.

In the early morning of January 23rd, according to the local disaster relief needs, the Office of the National Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Committee and the Emergency Management Department, together with the State Grain and Material Reserve Bureau, urgently allocated 1,000 cotton tents, 5,000 cotton coats (winter clothes), 5,000 quilts, 5,000 cotton mattresses, 5,000 folding beds and 1,000 heating stoves to Wushi County, Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, to fully support the local efforts in earthquake relief and resettlement of the affected people.

By 6 o’clock on January 23rd, three people were injured in Kulansarek Township, Aheqi County, Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture, 26 kilometers away from the epicenter, and they were sent to the hospital for treatment in time. Wushi County has not received any reports of casualties.

Source: @ China Seismological Network Express, @ Xinhua News Agency, CCTV News Client

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Original title: "7.1 earthquake, 5.2 aftershocks! More earthquakes are obvious.

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