One person has been dead, 29 injured as an earthquake had hit the Chinese southwestern province of Sichuan, Xinhua reported. 

A 5.4-magnitude earthquake jolted Weiyuan County of Neijiang City in southwest China's Sichuan Province at 6:42 a.m. Sunday at 10 a.m, a local government noted.

According to the source, at least 17 houses collapsed and 215 were damaged as a result of an earthquake.