6.5-magnitude quake hits southwest China's Yunnan: CENC

This photo taken by cellphone on Aug. 3, 2014 shows people standing on a damaged house after an earthquake in Ludian County of Zhaotong City in southwest China's Yunnan Province. A 6.5-magnitude earthquake jolted Ludian County at 4:30 p.m. Sunday (Beijing Time), said the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). (Xinhua)

A 6.5-magnitude earthquake jolted Zhaotong city in southwest China's Yunnan Province at 4:30 pm (Beijing time) on Sunday, said the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).

The epicenter was monitored at 27.1 degrees north latitude and 103.3 degrees east longitude with a depth of 12 kilometers, according to the CENC.

Zhaotong is about 300 kms from Kunming, the capital city of Yunnan. In September 2012, a 5.7-magnitude caused more than 80 deaths and injured more than 800 people.

In 1974, a 7.1-magnitude earthquake in the same place caused about 1,500 deaths.