A 4.5-magnitude earthquake jolted Lushan County, Ya’an, of southwest China’s Sichuan Province, at 3:57 p.m. Thursday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).
The epicenter was monitored at 30.43 degrees north latitude and 103.01 degrees east longitude. The quake struck at a depth of 14 km, the center said in a statement.