6.0-magnitude earthquake rattles southwest China

BEIJING, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- A strong earthquake struck southwestern China on Tuesday evening.

U.S. and Chinese seismologists reported varying magnitudes for the earthquake, with the U.S. Geological Survey recording 6.0 and China Earthquake Networks Center a 6.6-magnitude.

Tremors began in Jinggu County at 9:49 p.m, and according to USGS, was "the result of shallow strike-slip faulting within the crust of the Eurasia plate, in the broad plate boundary region between the India and Eurasia plates."

Yunnan Province is no stranger to earthquakes. Forty-four earthquakes of 6.0-magnitude and greater have been recorded within 500 kilometers of Tuesday's earthquake in the past century, USGS noted.