BEIJING - An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale hit the border area between the city of Dujiangyan and Wenchuan county in southwestern Sichuan province at 12:13 am Beijing Time Sunday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.

The epicenter, with a depth of 15 km, was initially determined to be at 31.3 degrees north latitude and 103.6 degrees east longitude.

Wenchuan was the epicenter of an 8.0-magnitude earthquake on May 12, 2008, which left 87,000 people dead or missing.