SHIJIAZHUANG, July 4 (Xinhua) -- By late Tuesday night there was no report of casualties after a quake measuring 5.1 degrees on the Richter scale jolted Wen'an County in north China's Hebei Province at Tuesday noon.

    The county started its quake emergency plan immediately after it was hit by the quake at 11:56 a.m. (Beijing Time) Tuesday, making public information about the quake by television, said a county government source.

    A leading team has been set up to organize the rescue work, asking township officials to report damage and casualties, said the source.

    Township officials have gone to villages to investigate the situation, and will evacuate villagers whose houses had been cracked in the quake, said the source.

    All primary and middle schools have stopped classes to ensure the safety of students, and end-of-semester exams scheduled for July 5 to 6 have been postponed.

    By 10 p.m. Tuesday, the counting of damage was still under way, but there was no report of casualties, the source said.

    The quake was also felt in Beijing, Tianjin and parts of Hebei, Shandong and Shanxi provinces, according to the State Seismological Bureau. Enditem