Sixteen people were killed and 65 others injured after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Baqen County of Nagqu City in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region at 10:33 p.m. Thursday, the city's earthquake relief headquarters said on Friday.
The regional disaster prevention, reduction and relief committee activated a Level III emergency response for natural disaster relief on Friday.
Over 330 houses collapsed or were damaged.
The damage caused by the quake is being further evaluated, and disaster relief work is underway.
Quake relief supplies allocated by the authorities at various levels have been arriving at the quake-hit zone as of early Friday morning, including 1,000 sets of prefabricated houses, more than 3,200 tents, over 2,800 folding beds, and other daily necessities like quilts, stoves and clothes.
