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Almaty. July 24. Kazakhstan Today - 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck China on the border of Shensi and Sichuan provinces today at 03.54, the agency reports referring to Xinhua agency.
Earthquake occurred in the area between Ningshan district of Shaanxi province (Northwest China) and Jingyang District of Sichuan province. The epicenter of the earthquake had coordinates of 32.8 degrees of northern breadth and 105.6 degrees of east longitude. They are considered as residual earthquake after May.
According to the preliminary data, 5 people received injures and 1 person received serious injures in Ningshan district.
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