21 injured after 5.8-magnitude quake hits Xinjiang
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Xinhua, August 12, 2011
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Twenty-one people were left injured after a 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Thursday afternoon, local authorities said Friday.
The quake rocked a border area between the region's city of Atux in the Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture and Kashgar Prefecture at about 6 p.m. Thursday.
Four of the 21 injured are in critical condition, local authorities said.
The quake also toppled 147 houses and severely damaged 171 others, a spokesman with the Kashgar Prefecture government said.
No deaths have been reported in the earthquake, said the spokesman.
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