Strong magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes remote western China, state media say

BEIJING (AP) — A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck a remote part of China's western Xinjiang region early Tuesday, state-run Xinhua News Agency reported. Xinhua cited the China Earthquake Networks Center as saying the quake rocked Wushu county in Aksu prefecture shortly after 2 a.m. local time. There were no immediate reports of damage or fatalities. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake occurred in the Tian Shan mountain range, "a seismically active region, though earthquakes of this size occur somewhat infrequently." It said the largest quake in the area in the past century was a 7.1-magnitude one in 1978 about…