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7 injured in Sichuan 5.4-magnitude quake

even people were injured after a 5.4-magnitude earthquake rattled Gongxian County of Yibin City in southwest China's Sichuan Province, at 10:29 p.m. The epicenter, with a depth of 10 km, was monitored at 28.43 degrees north latitude and 104.77 degrees east longitude, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).
So far, no casualties have been reported in Yuchi Village of Gongquan Town, located at the epicenter. A house in the village collapsed and a village road was disrupted in the quake, local authorities said.
Xinhua reporters in Gongxian saw the rain was getting heavier.