Photo taken with a cellphone shows the post earthquake situation of a house at Bingbang Village of Tongguan Township in Mojiang Hani Autonomous County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Sept. 8, 2018. A 5.9-magnitude earthquake hit Mojiang County at 10:31 a.m. (0231 GMT) Saturday. (Xinhua)

BEIJING, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- A 5.9-magnitude earthquake hit Mojiang Hani Autonomous County in southwest China's Yunnan Province at 10:31 a.m. Saturday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).

The epicenter, with a depth of 11 km, was monitored at 23.28 degrees north latitude and 101.53 degrees east longitude, the center said in a statement.