Earthquake jolts Northeast China
( 2002-06-29 09:22 ) (8 )

An earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale jolted Wangqing County, in northeast China's Jilin Province, at 43.5 degrees north latitude and 130.6 degrees east longitude, at 01:19 (Beijing Time) Saturday, according to the China Seismological Bureau.

The quake was felt in most regions of the provinces of Jilin, Heilongjiang, Liaoning, eastern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, northern Hebei Province and part of Beijing, and Shandong and Henan provinces, the bureau said.

No casualties or damages have been reported yet, according to the bureau.