Xinjiang earthquake damage from the railway services resumed within two hours

 Two China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest line of rail service after the two key 5.3 earthquake, the time be suspended on Wednesday morning, local authorities said.

Passenger and freight trains to stop in the Blue new railway in Xinjiang's capital Urumqi and Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, northwest of the key aspects of the Southern Xinjiang Railway, connecting with Korla, Turfan Turfan Southern Section Urumqi, Turpan section, the Urumqi Railway Bureau in a press release said.

Service resumed after about 12:30 pm along the thorough security check, it said.

No apparent damage to the railway, the railway workers of all tunnels, bridges and communications systems security checks, it said.

Earthquake occurred in the Turpan area Toksun County 21:53 am Beijing time on Wednesday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.

Monitoring the epicenter at latitude 43.0 degrees, 88.3 degrees east longitude and depth of about 5 km.

No casualties or damage were reported.

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