A 5.2-magnitude earthquake jolted the city of Baoshan in southwest China's Yunnan Province at 11:27 pm on Tuesday (Beijing Time), state news agency (Xinhua) quoted the China Earthquake Networks Centre (CENC) as saying.

Three people were injured in the earthquake, and local authorities have activated a level-III emergency response and rushed rescue teams to the disaster area.

The earthquake has caused varying degrees of damage to residential houses, water, electricity, traffic, communication and other infrastructure in and around the epicentre area, said Zhang Yunyi, deputy mayor of Baoshan, at a press conference held Wednesday morning.

Currently, 2,805 houses have been damaged, and more than 11,000 residents have been relocated to safer places.

The epicentre was monitored at 25.35 degrees north latitude and 99.28 degrees east longitude, with a depth of 10 km, said the CENC.