A magnitude-7.1 earthquake jolted Wushi County in Aksu Prefecture in northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region at 2:09 a.m. on Tuesday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.
Three people have been killed and five others injured after the earthquake, authorities said.
Rescue and relief operations are underway.
(Reported by Li Mingfei; Edited by Zhou Jing)