TIMELINE: China's major earthquakes

(Reuters) - An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 struck China's Sichuan province on Monday, less than 100 km (60 miles) from the provincial capital of Chengdu, the U.S. Geological Survey said on its website.

The tremor, centered 92 km northwest of Chengdu, was felt as far away as Beijing and Shanghai, where office buildings swayed with the impact.

The following is a chronology of some of the biggest earthquakes in China in recent decades:

May 12, 2008 - An earthquake measuring 7.5 shakes China's Sichuan province.

March 21, 2008 - An earthquake measuring 7.2 hits the remote northwestern region of Xinjiang; damage was limited.

February 2003 - At least 94 people are killed and more than 200 injured when a quake measuring 6.8 hits sparsely populated Jiashi county in Xinjiang.

January 1998 - At least 47 people are killed and more than 2,000 injured when an earthquake measuring 6.2 rocks Hebei, devastating mud and brick homes in two rural counties.

April 1997 - A strong earthquake measuring 6.6 strikes Xinjiang, killing nine people and injuring 60.

January 1997 - An earthquake measuring 6.4 kills up to 50 people and injures more than 40 in Xinjiang.