Posted AT 2:47 AM EDT on 12/05/08
Strong earthquake hits southwest China
BEIJING — An earthquake measuring 7.5 rocked China's Sichuan province on Monday, less than 100 kilometres from the provincial capital of Chengdu, the U.S. Geological Survey said on its website.
It was not immediately clear if there were any casualties or damage from the tremor, which the USGS earlier put at 7.8.
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