World Tibet Network News Monday, June 8th, 1998

BEIJING, June 7 (Reuters) - Two earthquakes rocked Tibet on Saturday evening, but there were no reports of casualties, Xinhua news agency said on Sunday.

The first quake, measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale, struck Xanza county at 19:06 p.m. (1106 GMT) followed by a second tremor measuring 5.3 seven minutes later, Xinhua said, quoting the China Seismological Bureau.

There have been no reports of casualties, Xinhua said.

Xanza is northwest of Lhasa, Tibet's capital.