Twenty-two people were injured when a shallow earthquake hit southwestern China on Sunday afternoon and shook the popular tourist city of Lijiang, local authorities said.
The quake struck near the border between Yunnan and Sichuan provinces, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS), which put the magnitude at 5.4 and depth at 38 km.
The Yunnan Seismological Bureau said 22 people had been injured in the quake, two severely, in Ninglang county.
The provincial seismological administration said there were no reports yet of damage to houses, but state news agency Xinhua said a 60-strong search and rescue team had been dispatched to the epicentre.
The China Earthquake Networks Centre later measured the magnitude at 5.5 with a depth of 10 kilometres.
The epicentre was 115 kilometres away from Lijiang in Yunnan province, the USGS said.
