A powerful earthquake has struck China's northwestern border with Tajikistan, killing at least one person.
People stay outdoors at the earthquake-hit Bulake Village of Muji Township in Akto County, northwest China, after a magnitude 6.5 earthquake. Photo: Alim Awghus / Xinhua / AFP
China's state news agency said the earthquake hit the Xinjiang area late on Friday evening, local time, destroying houses and severing a railway line.
The United States Geological Survey reported it as a 6.7 magnitude earthquake, but later downgraded it to 6.5.
AFP reported a preliminary check found one person died in the collapse of a house.
