Quake Shakes Western China

[Pastor Dale Morgan]

*Great Earthquakes In Diverse Places

Quake Shakes Western China*

The Associated Press
September 12, 2006; 11:17 PM

BEIJING -- A magnitude-5.4 earthquake shook northwestern China early
Tuesday, but there were no deaths or damage in the remote, thinly
populated area, the government said.

The quake struck the western territory of Xinjiang at about 2 a.m., said
an official of the Xinjiang Seismological Bureau. He would give only his
surname, Dai.

Xinjiang regularly suffers earthquakes, but injuries and damage are
usually limited in the sparsely populated area.

A magnitude-6.8 quake that struck the region in February 2003 killed 268
people.