No casualties reported in northwest China's quakes

Two moderate earthquakes hit northwest China's Shaanxi and Qinghai provinces. No casualties have been reported.

The first earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter Scale struck Gaoling County in Shaanxi at 7:30 Thursday morning. The epicenter was at a depth of about 6 kilometers. The tremor was felt in the provincial capital Xi'an.

Earlier, a 5.1-magnitude quake at a depth of 6 kilometers jolted the Haixi Mongolian-Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai just before 6 A.M.