Earthquakes hit southern and northwestern China

A 5.1-magnitude earthquake jolted southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region at 10:14 a.m Tuesday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.The quake hit the Nyima County in Nagqu Prefecture of Tibet, according to the center. The epicenter, with a depth of 20 km, was monitored at about 33.8 degrees north latitude and 89.2 degrees east longitude, it said in a statement, (Xinhua) news agency reported.Migmar, head of Nyima County, said no casualties or property loss have been reported so far.He said the epicenter in the north of the county was an uninhabited area, and no tremor was felt at the county seat. Another 5.4-magnitude earthquake hit a county of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at 10:14 a.m. Tuesday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.The epicenter, with a depth of 11 km, was monitored at about 36.1 degrees north latitude and 82.4 degrees east longitude, the center said in a statement.The quake jolted the region’s Yutian County in the prefecture of Hotan, the statement said.According to the center, another 3.7-magnitude quake with a depth of 9 km jolted the same county three minutes later.