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Earthquake hits China-Myanmar border: USGS

Agence France-Presse

BEIJING - An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 hit the border between China and Myanmar early Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said.

The tremor struck at 5:35 am (2135 GMT) 224 kilometers (139 miles) from the city of Dali in southwest China and 65 kilometers from Myitkyina in Myanmar, according to a statement on the USGS website.

The USGS said the depth of the quake was about eight kilometers (five miles).

There were no immediate reports of casualties, according to China's state-run Xinhua news agency.

A massive quake hit southwest China's Sichuan province bordering on Yunnan in May, leaving nearly 70,000 dead, with about 18,000 people still missing.


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