Asian Games unaffected by minor quake in S China

GUANGZHOU - A minor earthquake that hit Shenzhen didn't affect the Asian Games, a Games organizer said here on Friday.

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An earthquake measuring 2.8 on the Richter scale shook an area covering parts of Nanshan and Bao'an districts of Shenzhen and Hong Kong at 2:42 pm (Beijing time), according to the Seismological Station of Guangdong.

Shenzhen is about 200 kilometers away from Guangzhou that is hosting the Asian Games on November 12-27.

The Games organizer, who asked not to be named, said people in the Guangzhou Asian Games Village, Guangdong Gymnasium and Guangzhou Olympic Stadium didn't feel the Shenzhen quake.