A 6.0 Mw  earthquake strikes Lu County, Sichuan, China, killing three and injuring more than 88.

The 2021 Luxian earthquake was a damaging seismic event occurring in the early hours of September 16 at 04:33 China Standard Time. The surface-wave magnitude (M_s ) 6.0 or moment magnitude (M_w ) 5.4 earthquake struck at a shallow depth of 7.5 km and severe shaking in an area of 4,000 square kilometers was assigned a maximum intensity of VIII on the China seismic intensity scale. Three people were killed and 146 injured when the earthquake struck Lu County, Luzhou, Sichuan Province. At least 36,800 buildings were affected, 7,800 of them seriously damaged or completely destroyed, causing about a quarter of a billion dollars worth of damage.

September 16 is the 259th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 106 days remain until the end of the year.