Haicheng earthquake

In a seismic event that rattled the border region between Kyrgyzstan and China's Xinjiang province, a formidable 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck, leaving behind a trail of injuries and significant structural damages. The quake commenced at 02:09 local time, impacting a mountainous expanse in Xinjiang, with the seismic waves felt across the border in Kyrgyzstan.

A 4.9 magnitude earthquake shook Hubei's China province, China's Seismological Center reports.

The quake was registered in Xiaogang City at 18:36 local time. The epicentre of the earthquake is at a depth of 10 kilometers.

There is currently no information on destruction and injuries.

Three powerful earthquakes hit different parts of the world late on Sunday and early on Monday.

According to reports on Monday morning, a 7.3 magnitude quake that affected a border area late on Sunday killed at least 328 people in Iran and seven in Iran and injured thousands of others.

The death toll from Tuesday's 7.3-magnitude earthquake in Nepal has risen to at least 42 people, while more than 1,100 others have been injured, according to the country's Home Affairs Ministry.

The tremor hit less than three weeks after a previous quake near the capital Katmandu  left more than 8,000 people dead.

The death toll in Nepal from last weekend's devastating earthquake has risen to 7,040, an official from the National Emergency Operations Centre said on May 3.