Magnitude-5.1 earthquake jolted Sichuan county

At 7:50 am on Wednesday, a magnitude-5.1 earthquake took place in Xingwen county in the city of Yibin, Sichuan province, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.

The epicenter was monitored at 28.22 degrees north latitude and 105.03 degrees east longitude, with a depth of 10 kilometers, the CENC said.

A video camera installed in a farm house in Xingwen showed a car outside of a house and the road shaking in the aftermath of the quake.

Rescue workers from Xingwen and neighboring counties such as Gongxian, Junlian, Jiang'an and Changning have rushed to the scene, according to the Yibin municipal government information office.

No casualties have been reported so far.