Authorities have launched emergency ?response ?measures after ?a quake his China's Sichuan province. (AP PHOTO)Authorities have launched emergency ?response ?measures after ?a quake his China's Sichuan province. (AP PHOTO) Credit: AAPAn earthquake with a magnitude of 4.9 shook China's southwestern province of Sichuan, killing one person and slightly injuring six more, state broadcaster CCTV reported. The quake hit the province's Gao County just after 1pm local time on Friday at a shallow depth of 6km, the China Earthquake Networks Centre said. Local authorities have launched emergency response measures after the quake and dispatched personnel to the epicentre to assess the situation, according to state media.