BEIJING, Jan. 14-- A 5.0-magnitude earthquake hit Jinkouhe District in Leshan city, southwest China's Sichuan Province at 1:21 p.m. Wednesday, said the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).

The epicenter was monitored at 29.3 degrees north latitude and 103.2 degrees east longitude with a depth of 14 km, according to the CENC.

Tremor was also felt in many other parts of Sichuan, including the provincial capital of Chengdu, as well as Ya'an and Yibin cities.

"I felt strong tremor and then ran out of the office," said Peng Tao, a tobacco company employee in downtown Leshan.

Jinkouhe is home to many people of the Yi ethnic minority.