Moderate quake shakes NE China

A moderate earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 on the Richter scale has shaken northeast China’s Jilin province.

The quake hit Hunchun City of Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture on Saturday at 7:34 a.m. (Beijing Time), the China Earthquake Networks Center reported.

The epicenter was monitored at 43 degrees north latitude and 131.1 degrees east longitude with a depth of about 560 kilometers, the center said.

There have been no reports of casualties or damage.

The deadly 2008 Sichuan earthquake, with a magnitude of 8.0, claimed the lives of almost 90,000 people.