A strong intensity earthquake of magnitude 6.9 on the Richter scale struck the China-India border on Saturday. The quake struck at 6:34 a.m (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The quake struck at a depth of about 10 km, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. It was followed by 5-magnitude earthquake at 8:31 AM (Beijing time) around the same place in the Tibet Autonomous Region. The second quake struck at a depth of about 6 km. .