BEIJING (BNO NEWS) — A powerful earthquake rocked China’s Qinghai province on Wednesday morning, seismologists said.

The 6.9-magnitude earthquake at 7.49 a.m. local time was centered about 232 miles (374 kilometers) south-southeast of the city of Goldmud, or 152 miles north-northwest of Qamdo in Tibet. It struck about 20.5 miles (33 kilometers) deep, making it a shallow earthquake, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.

There was no immediate word on damage or casualties from the earthquake.

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