A 5.1-magnitude earthquake hit Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, at 1:27 pm on Friday. No casualties were reported.

Some residents said telecommunications were temporarily interrupted as they could not make phone calls for a while, but the city has returned to normal.

The epicenter, with a depth of 12 kilometers, was monitored at 43.8 degrees north latitude and 87.6 degrees east longitude, according to the China Earthquake Network Center.