The US Geological Survey have said that a 6.5-magnitude earthquake rattled southwest China late Tuesday, with no immediate information on any damage or casualties.
The quake occurred around 9.20 pm (2:20pm Nigerian time) in a remote region of Sichuan province not far from the site of a massive 8.0-magnitude earthquake in 2008 that left 87,000 people dead or missing.
The epicentre of Tuesday’s quake was 284 kilometres (176 miles) north of the provincial capital Chengdu and struck at a depth of 10 kilometres, the USGS said.
China is regularly hit by earthquakes, especially its mountainous western and southwestern regions.