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BEIJING - Two earthquakes hit southwest China on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said, near the area devastated by a massive tremor in May that left nearly 70,000 dead.
One quake with a magnitude of 5.5 struck the border region of Sichuan and Gansu provinces at 3:09pm (0709 GMT), the USGS said, 174 kilometres northeast
of Mianyang, which was severely hit by the 8.0-magnitude quake in May. It hit at a depth of 10 kilometres (6.2 miles).
There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
The earlier quake, with a magnitude of 5.8, was just one kilometre away and also at a depth of 10 kilometres, the USGS said. There were similarly no reports of casualties from that quake.
A reporter for China's official Xinhua news agency based in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan, said the second tremor was felt there and lasted for around 20 seconds.
The earthquake that hit Sichuan on May 12 devastated wide areas of the province, leaving nearly 70,000 dead with thousands more missing.
- AFP/ir
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