Another 16 people are missing and 50 wounded, CCTV broadcaster claimed.
The hypocenter of the 6.6-magnitude earthquake was found 43 kilometers southeast of Kandina, at a depth of 10 kilometers.
All fatalities were recorded in Sichuan province.
The earthquake also shook buildings in the provincial capital, Chengdu, the place a curfew was declared due to Covid-19, affecting millions of individuals.
At the very least just one city in Sichuan province was seriously destroyed by the landslides, even though the street to a further was blocked, CCTV broadcaster experiences.
In some places the telecommunication strains have been interrupted and the electrical power supply has been interrupted.
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