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The Associated Press
Friday, June 28, 2002; 7:24 PM

BEIJING –– A strong earthquake shook northeastern China early Saturday and was felt as far away as Beijing, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. There were no immediate reports of deaths.

The magnitude-7 quake struck Jilin province, which borders Russia and North Korea, at 1:19 a.m., Xinhua said, citing the Beijing Seismological Bureau. The area is about 700 miles northeast of the Chinese capital.

Xinhua said no damage was immediately reported.

The U.S. Geological Survey in Golden, Colo., put the preliminary magnitude of the quake at 7.3, while France's national seismic center in Strasbourg said it was 7.2.

It struck an area about 65 miles west of the Russian city of Ussuriysk, the nearest major city, according to the survey.

The epicenter was 350 miles below the surface of the earth, said Don Blakeman, an earthquake analyst for the survey.

A magnitude-7 quake is capable of causing widespread, heavy damage.

However, Blakeman said, "We expect the quake will be felt very widely but we don't think there will be much destruction because the quake has considerable depth."

A spokesman for the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations in Vladivostok said residents of the region felt the quake, but that there were no immediate reports of damage or injury. Vladivostok, about 150 miles northeast of the epicenter, is the major city of that part of Russia.

© 2002 The Associated Press