Here is a new quake which was reported wire service e-mail this morning not yet on earthquake lists.

*** Earthquake jolts Tibet

BEIJING (AP) - A strong earthquake jolted the Himalayan Mountains in Tibet near the border of Bhutan early Wednesday, but there were no immediate reports of casualties, China's official Xinhua News Agency reported. The earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5 struck Cona county, 15 miles east of Bhutan, around 12:45 a.m., Xinhua said, citing government seismologists. The region is sparsely populated and has poor communication links with Lhasa, Tibet's capital 150 miles to the northwest, and the rest of China, Xinhua said. China is going through a period of increased earthquake activity. Two earthquakes hit Yunnan, the province neighboring Tibet, Jan. 15, leaving 90,000 people homeless. The state-run China Daily reported Wednesday that the death toll from those quakes has risen to seven people. ###