A series of earthquakes, the strongest with a magnitude of 6.4, jolted Yangbi Yi Autonomous County in southwest China's Yunnan Province on Friday night, according to China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).

The magnitude-6.4 quake hit with a depth of 8 kilometers at 9:48 p.m., followed by another magnitude-5.0 quake with the same depth at 21:55.

A magnitude-5.6 quake hit the location with a depth of 10 km at 9:21 p.m..