The aftershock was said to have lasted for about a minute and many high-rises in Chengdu rocked slightly.

A Beijinger said he felt the aftershock, too, from his 25th floor office. Residents on lower floors did not feel the tremor.

The tremor was also felt in Xi'an, capital of the northwestern Shaanxi Province, where citizens fled homes and offices to seek shelter in open spaces.

A hotel worker in Shaanxi's Hanzhong City said she felt clearly the aftershock was strong and "next only to the May 12 quake".

About 40 minutes before the aftershock, local residents said the weather in Hanzhong City became overcast and high winds began to blow. Mobile communication was in failure for a while.

Several cities in Gansu Province were affected by the tremor, including the provincial capital Lanzhou and Wudu, Kangxian and Wenxian counties.

Citizens in the northern Shanxi Province said the aftershock did not cause much fear. Xinhua reporter Wang Zhaokun said he felt tremor and saw the pendant lamp swinging in his 26th floor apartment in downtown Taiyuan.

Nearly 8,000 aftershocks have been reported in Sichuan Province following the May 12 earthquake. The death toll has topped 62,664 as of Sunday, including 62,161 in Sichuan alone.

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