China announces casualty figures in Yunnan earthquake.

According to THX, local authorities said at least one person was confirmed dead and three injured after a 6.6 magnitude earthquake shook southwestern China on the evening of October 7.

The casualties occurred in Yongping town, Jinggu county, Yunnan province, which is only 5 km from the epicenter.

Yunnan province in China frequently experiences aftershocks, and more than 600 people were killed in a powerful 6.1 magnitude earthquake in the mountainous region of the province in August 2014. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

According to county officials, the earthquake occurred at 9:49 PM (Beijing time) with its epicenter at a depth of only 5 kilometers. The earthquake shook Jinggu Yi Autonomous County, home to 290,000 people. A first-line professional rescue team of 230 personnel was urgently dispatched to the earthquake site.

According to VNA