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M4.9 earthquake hits Songyuan in NE China's Jilin Province

2017-07-23 07:36 GMT+8 901km to Beijing
Editor Wang Xuejing

A 4.9-magnitude earthquake jolted Songyuan City in northeast China's Jilin Province at 7:13 a.m. BJT on Sunday, reported the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). 

According to CENC, the epicenter, with a depth of about 12 kilometers, was 18 km from downtown of Songyuan, a city of over 2.78 million inhabitants and 153 km from Harbin, capital of neighboring Heilongjiang Province.

Goods fell from shelves at a supermarket as M4.9 quake hit Songyuan, northeast China's Jilin Province, July 23./CENC Photo 

The tremors were also felt in Changchun, Jilin's provincial capital, and Harbin.

 No casualties have been reported so far.

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