A 4.9-magnitude quake jolted border area of southwest China's Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces at 10:46 a.m. Tuesday. [Xinhua]

A 4.9-magnitude quake jolted border area of southwest China's Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces at 10:46 a.m. Tuesday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.

The epicenter, with a depth of 6 km, was monitored at 27.1 degrees north latitude and 103.0 degrees east longitude, the center said.