16 dead and hundreds of homes destroyed in Tibet quake
More than a dozen people were killed in a large earthquake that struck in the autonomous Chinese region of Tibet overnight, which saw more than 300 homes collapse.
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Footage from the area showed people fleeing buildings when the 7.0 magnitude quake hit about 10.33pm on Thursday night, local time.
The death toll stood at 16 and and at least 339 homes collapsed, according local authorities.
Officials were still evaluating the damage, and disaster relief work was ongoing on Friday morning, China state media outlet Xinhua has reported.
The quake’s epicentre was located in a mountainous area about 190 kilometres east-northeast of Nagqu, and 390 kilometres northeast of the regional capital Lhasa, the US Geological Survey said.
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