An earthquake measuring about 7.2 magnitude struck Tajikistan at 8:37 a.m. (0037 GMT) on Thursday at a depth of 10 km (6 miles), Chinese state television CCTV reported, citing the China Earthquake Networks Center.
The epicenter of the earthquake is about 82 km from the nearest border with China and was strongly felt in some areas in western China’s Xinjiang region, including Kashgar and Artux, CCTV said.
Power supply and communications remained normal in Kashgar, state media Xinhua reported. The Xinjiang Railway Department stopped passenger trains running on the Aksu to Kashgar section of the Xinjiang Southern Railway, state media reported. Local authorities were checking bridges, tunnels and signaling equipment, CCTV said.