WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (Reuters) - A potentially destructive 6.0 magnitude earthquake hit Sichuan, China, at 0949 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The temblor was centered 30 miles north-northwest of Guangyuan, China, at a depth of 6.2 miles, USGS said. A shallow quake of that magnitude is capable of significant property damage.
A Uighur vendor pushes his fruit cart as he walks pass a statue of late Chairman Mao Zedong in a main street in Kashgar, Xinjiang province, August 5, 2008. China's tense ...
