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Quake rocks northwest China
0 Comments | AFP, July, 2006
BEIJING (AFP) — An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 on the Richter scale shook a sparsely populated area in northwest China, state media has reported.
The epicenter of the tremor, which struck Wednesday afternoon at 5:53 pm (0953 GMT), was in Yushu county in Qinghai province, the Xinhua news agency said, citing the China Seismological Bureau.
The same area was hit by a magnitude 5.0 quake on Tuesday, Xinhua said, adding neither event had led to immediate reports of casualties.
© 2006 AFP
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