A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck Kangding County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, at 11:19 p.m. Tuesday, with three people slightly injured, local authorities said early Wednesday.

 

Two of the three injured were reported in Bamei township and one in Xiede township, Daofu county. The quake also flattened some houses in and cut off traffic to Zhonggu village of Bamei township.

 

The epicenter was monitored at 30.2 degrees north latitude and 101.7 degrees east longitude. The quake hit at a depth of 16 kilometers, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.

 

Xinhua reporters at the scene said they felt a strong jolt on the eighth floor of a building in the county seat of Kangding and a cup on a table in their room fell to the ground.

 

Following the quake, many local residents rushed out of homes to the streets, with some claiming that they felt much stronger jolt compared to the one that hit three days ago. By press time, they were returning home and water supply remained normal in the county seat of Kangding.

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