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A 6.8-magnitude earthquake shook a lightly populated, remote part of Tajikistan early on Thursday near China's far western Xinjiang region.
The quake was strongly felt across the border in some areas of Kashgar prefecture and Kizilsu Kyrgyz autonomous prefecture in Xinjiang, but no casualties or damage has been reported so far, state media CCTV said, citing local information officers.
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