13 injured in quake in China's Sichuan province

At least 13 people were injured after a 5.6-magnitude tremor jolted southwestern China's Sichuan Province on Thursday. The quake struck Gongxian County at a depth of 8 km at 10:17 am (local time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).

The county government said 13 injured residents have been sent to a hospital for treatment, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. Experts said the moderate quake was an aftershock after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake occurred in Changning County in mid-June, which killed 13 people and injured 200 and aftershocks in the area will continue for a long period of time.

The aftershock exacerbated house and infrastructure damages and personnel has been dispatched to repair damaged roads, according to the local government. A total of 62 aftershocks with a magnitude above 3.0 have been recorded since the Changning earthquake, and the latest aftershock in Gongxian was the largest one, according to the provincial seismological bureau.

On June 23, Thirty-one people were injured after a 5.4-magnitude earthquake hit the Gongxian County in the southwest province. Twenty-one of them were hospitalized for observation and treatment, officials of the city of Yibin told media.

The quake struck at 10:29 p.m. (local time) Saturday, at a depth of 10 km. The epicenter is monitored at 28.43 degrees north latitude and 104.77 degrees east longitude, according to the China Earthquake Networks Centre (CENC).