URUMQI, April 22 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale rocked the region around Artux City in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Wednesday, but no casualties have been reported, local authorities said.
Artux is the capital of the Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture of Kizilsu.
The quake struck at 5:26 p.m. and the epicenter was located at 40.1 degrees north latitude and 77.4 degrees east longitude, the Xinjiang Seismological Network reported.
"We haven't received reports of casualties," said a spokesman from the government of Halajun Township, the nearest town to the epicenter. Halajun is administered by Artux City and is about 80 km from the city.
"Most local houses are designed to withstand earthquakes and sustained almost no damage. Only some adobe houses showed cracks on their walls," he said.
The Artux municipal government is taking stock of losses and damage.
On Sunday, a 5.5-magnitude quake jolted Akqi County, also in the prefecture, which affected 15,000 residents and damaged thousands of houses. No casualties were reported in that quake.
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