A 5.4-magnitude earthquake hit Jinghe County in Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bortala, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, at 10:10am Tuesday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).
The epicentre, with a depth of 10 km, was monitored at 44.19 degrees north latitude and 82.53 degrees east longitude, the centre said in a statement.