The event happened a day after a landslide in southwest China...
An earthquake of magnitude of 7.1 occurred in the border region between Kyrgyzstan and Xinjiang, as per reports.
The earthquake reached a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles). The earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.01, occurred just after 2:00 am (1800 GMT Monday) at a depth of 27 kilometres (17 miles) in China's Xinjiang region, specifically 140 kilometres west of the city of Aksu.
Despite being approximately 1,400 kilometres away, New Delhi also felt significant termors.
In nearby Kazakhstan, the emergency ministry registered an identical earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7, Reuters reported.
The tremors, along with subsequent aftershocks occurring approximately 30 minutes later, were also experienced in Uzbekistan.
The event occurred a day after a landslide in southwest China buried numerous individuals, resulting in at least eight fatalities.
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