4.7 magnitude earthquake shakes Chinese city of Hotan, no dead

An earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale hit the Chinese city of Hotan on Wednesday. According to the US Geological Survey, the quake struck about 263 kilometers southeast of Hotan, an oasis city in western China's Xinjiang region.

Hotan suffered an earthquake at 2:32 local time. It formed at a depth of 17 kilometers and its epicenter was at a depth of 35 kilometers.053°N and 81.395°E. Although further details are awaited, no casualties from the quake have been reported so far. China's Hotan earthquake follows a relatively powerful earthquake that struck the capital of Papua New Guinea on Tuesday.

According to the National Institute of Seismology, the earthquake was a magnitude 6.1st magnitude and arrived at 06:19:08 IST approximately 443 kilometers north of Port Moresby. In an update shared on Twitter, the NCS said: "A magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurred on 03/14/2023 06:19:08 IST, Latitude: -5.47 & Longitude: 146.87, Depth: 200 km, Location: 443 km north of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea."

Earlier this week, the South American country of Peru was hit by an earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale. It happened on March 13 at 03:11:49 and affected the area of ​​Alianza Cristian. According to the USGS, its origin was at a depth of 108.3 km.

The most devastating earthquake so far this year, however, was the one that shook Turkey and Syria in February. With a magnitude of 7.8 and strong aftershocks, the disaster killed more than 50,000 people. According to the National Agency for Disaster and Crisis Management (AFAD), 44,218 people died in Turkey alone.