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The epicenter of the latest temblor was located 32.1 degrees north latitude and 105 degrees east longitude, it said.
Jiangyou, a city in north Sichuan, is situated near Beichuan County and Mianyang City, places hardest hit by Monday's magnitude 7.8 earthquake.
The tremor was the latest strong quake monitored following more than 20 aftershocks above magnitude 5 that rocked the hardest-hit area in Sichuan. No casualty and damage in the area has been reported so far.
As of 11 a.m. Saturday, 145 aftershocks measuring 4 or higher on the Richter scale had been monitored since the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that rocked southwest China's Sichuan Province Monday, China Seismological Bureau (CSB) said on Saturday.
Quakes between 5-5.9 on the Richter scale numbered 20, while quakes between 6-6.9 on the Richter scale numbered 3. The biggest aftershock reported so far is a 6.1-magnitude quake at 3:07 p.m. on Tuesday.
The national rescue team sent by the CSB had saved 46 survivors in the quake zone and rescue teams sent by provinces saved 198 survivors as of 9 a.m. Saturday, according to the CSB.
The devastating quake, centered on Wenchuan County in Sichuan Province, affected many parts of the country. The death toll nationwide hit 22,069 nationwide as of 2 p.m. Friday, while 168,669 people were injured.
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