The quake struck on the border between Yunnan and Sichuan provinces, which put the magnitude at 5.4 and depth at 38km.
At the least 22 individuals have been injured after a shallow earthquake in southwestern China that additionally shook the favored vacationer metropolis of Lijiang.
The quake struck on Sunday afternoon on the border between Yunnan and Sichuan provinces, in response to the USA Geological Survey (USGS), which put the magnitude at 5.4 and depth at 38km (24 miles).
The China Earthquake Networks Centre later measured the magnitude at 5.5 with a depth of 10km (6.2 miles).
The epicentre was 115km (71.5 miles) away from Lijiang in Yunnan province, the USGS mentioned.
The Yunnan Seismological Bureau mentioned 22 individuals have been injured within the quake, two severely, in Ninglang county.
The provincial seismological administration mentioned there have been no studies but of harm to homes, however state information company Xinhua mentioned a 60-strong search-and-rescue crew was dispatched to the epicentre.
China is often hit by earthquakes, particularly in its mountainous western and southwestern areas.
In September, three individuals have been killed and dozens injured when a shallow quake hit Sichuan province, and tens of hundreds of houses have been broken.
A magnitude 7.9 quake in Sichuan in 2008 left greater than 80,000 individuals lifeless.
Amongst them have been hundreds of youngsters, killed when poorly constructed faculty buildings collapsed, however the authorities did not launch an actual variety of lifeless as the problem took on a political dimension.