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Magnitude 7 Earthquake in Tibet Kills 16 and Collapses Hundreds of Homes

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A magnitude 7 earthquake in China's Tibet region killed at least 16 people, injured 46, and destroyed hundreds of homes in the city of Nagqu.

A magnitude 7 earthquake struck China's Tibet region on Thursday evening.
The disaster killed at least 16 people and left 46 others injured, with 11 in serious condition and 35 with minor injuries.
At least 339 homes and 20 livestock sheds collapsed in the northern regional city of Nagqu.
More than 1,600 people from the local county were deployed for search and rescue efforts.
Supplies including 1,000 prefabricated housing units, around 3,000 tents and folding beds, flashlights, and winter clothing arrived in the region.
Communication was disrupted in parts of the region, and local railway authorities halted trains passing through.
Rockfalls caused by the quake forced the closure of a section of National Highway 317 to regular traffic.
Intermittent snows are expected in the earthquake-affected region over the following three days.
The quake was the largest in the region in the past five years, according to China's CCTV.
The U.S. Geological Survey reported the earthquake occurred at 10:33 p.m. local time at a depth of 18 kilometers, with its epicenter 191 kilometers east-northeast of Nagqu.