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Mar 20, 2008 10:27 pm US/Central

7.2-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Western China

BEIJING (AP) ― A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck western China early Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

The quake hit at 6:33 a.m. (6:33 p.m. EDT), about 140 miles southeast of Hotan in Xinjiang province, the USGS said.

Dale Grant, a USGS geophysicist, described the area as "very seismically active" but said Friday's temblor was the biggest there on record.



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