Rescue teams have recovered the last trapped individual from the quake-stricken Taiyangcun town of Liuzhou, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region as of 11:10 am Monday, according to the local authority.

Medical personnel confirmed the 91-year-old victim is in stable condition and has been transported to a hospital for treatment.

Previously, two people were recovered from the same disaster site and confirmed deceased.

The rescue update comes after a 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck Liunan district at 12:21 am on Monday at a focal depth of 8 kilometers, official seismic data shows.

Tremors were clearly felt across Liuzhou, Guigang, Wuzhou, Hechi, Nanning and other nearby cities.

Local emergency authorities activated the disaster response right after the earthquake. Rescue teams, including emergency management staff, police, firefighters, and professional work groups, were dispatched to carry out missing person searches, resident evacuation and full-scale safety inspections on buildings, traffic lines, bridges, mines and potential geological hazard sites.

The office of the State Council earthquake relief headquarters and the Ministry of Emergency Management activated a Level-IV emergency response on Monday and sent a work team to the affected area to support local earthquake relief efforts.

The Guangdong Earthquake Agency also dispatched two teams consisting of 11 experts and rescuers to Liuzhou within hours of the earthquake. They departed at 3 am and reached the epicenter area by 9 am, where they began assessing disaster losses in Liunan district.

With Xinhua inputs