BEIJING, 13 Aug An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 occurred on Friday in Qinghai province in northwestern China, according to the Chinese seismological center. the earthquake was located at a depth of eight kilometers. There is no information about the victims and destruction yet. It is reported that the population near the epicenter of the earthquake is extremely small, about 4 thousand people live within a radius of 100 kilometers from it. Earlier, on May 21, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 also occurred near Mado county, after which experts recorded more than 100 aftershocks in the region, 40 of which with a magnitude higher than 3. More than 32.4 thousand people in six counties of the province were affected by the disaster. 18 people.
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