5.3-magnitude quake hits China\'s Jilin
CHANGCHUN – A 5.3-magnitude earthquake jolted the city of Songyuan in Northeast China\’sJilin province on Friday at 4:18 p.m. Beijing Time, according to the China Earthquake NetworksCenter.
The epicenter was officially determined to be at 44.7 degrees north latitude and 124.1 degreeseast longitude, with a depth of eight kilometers, the center said.
The epicenter was located at the juncture of Qian Gorlos Mongol Autonomous County andQian\’an county, where two quakes of similar magnitude occurred on October 31 and left 12people injured.
“The earthquake lasted for about 3 seconds. I felt it was more severe than the last time, and myhouse was partly damaged,” Li Wei, a resident in Yingtu Village of Qian Gorlos MongolAutonomous County, told Xinhua over the phone.
Li said his fellow villagers ran out of their homes for fear that their houses would collapse.
Residents in Changchun, the provincial capital, reported feeling the quake.
“I was at work and felt my desk shaking,” said a resident surnamed Fan.
单词：
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句子：
The earthquake lasted for about 3 seconds. I felt it was more severe than the last time, and my house was partly damaged.
地震持续了大概三秒，我感觉到比以往强烈，我的房子局部震动了。