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Earthquakes In Diverse Places
Strong Earthquake rattles Shanghai
* From: AFP
* January 12, 2011 3:00PM
AN earthquake centred in the Yellow Sea off China's eastern coast
has rattled Shanghai, causing buildings to shake but no immediate
damage or casualties.
The earthquake, which had a magnitude of 5.0, struck at 9.19am on
Wednesday (1219 AEDT), and the epicentre was located 270
kilometres northeast of Shanghai, the US Geological Survey said.
The quake occurred at a depth of 18.5 kilometres, it said.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, but many
people in downtown Shanghai reported feeling the tremor on Twitter
and other microblogging sites.