By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck western China early Friday, the US Geological Survey reported.
The quake hit at 6:33 a.m. (2233 GMT Thursday), about 225 kilometers 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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