BEIJING, May 5 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale
jolted the border areas of Ali Rutog and Gerze of Tibet Autonomous Region on
Saturday afternoon, China's Seismological Monitoring Network reported.
The epicenter, at 34.3 degrees north latitude and 81.9 degrees east
longitude, occurred at 4:51 pm Beijing time, it reported.