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Now here's your host, Shane Megum with you on this Tuesday, January 14, 2025.
You're listening to the Beijing Hour coming to you live from the Chinese capital.
On today's program, China's Xijiang regions recorded the strongest aftershock yet after last week's deadly earthquake.
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Several Chinese players advance at the Australian Open.
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Now checking the day's top stories.
A 5.0 magnitude earthquake has jolted the epicenter of last week's deadly 6.8 magnitude quake in southwest China.
It's one of the strongest aftershocks since the quake struck Dingra county in the Xijiang autonomous region on January 7.
Another one of 4.9 also occurred on the same day.
No casualties have been reported so far and further investigations underway.
The China Earthquake Network center has detected over 3,600 aftershocks since January the seventh, mostly below 3.0.
Disaster management teams have been conducting safety checks.