An earthquake measuring 5.3 degrees on the Richter Scale hit Toksun County, Turpan Prefecture in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at 9:53 a.m. Beijing Time Wednesday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.

The epicenter was monitored at 43.0 degrees north latitude and 88.3 degrees east longitude with a depth of about five kilometers, the center said.

Two major aftershocks measuring 4.2 and 4.1 degrees respectively on the Richter Scale struck the same site in Toksun County at 9:54 and 10:00, according to the center.

The epicenters of the aftershocks were at 43.0 north, 88.3 east and 42.9 north, 88.3 east respectively. No casualties or damages were reported.