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Tibet earthquake leaves at last 16 dead as 7.0-mag tremor forces thousands to flee
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Tibet earthquake leaves at last 16 dead as 7.0-mag tremor forces thousands to flee Chinese president Xi Jinping has called for 'all out' search and rescue efforts after hundreds of buildings in Tibet collapsed At least 16 people have been killed and more than 12,400 evacuated after Tibet was hit by a powerful 7-magnitude earthquake. Hundreds of buildings in the region have crumbled with at least 65 people injured and rescue teams desperately working to find people trapped under rubble....
Tibet earthquake leaves at last 16 dead as 7.0-mag tremor forces thousands to flee
Chinese president Xi Jinping has called for 'all out' search and rescue efforts after hundreds of buildings in Tibet collapsed
At least 16 people have been killed and more than 12,400 evacuated after Tibet was hit by a powerful 7-magnitude earthquake.
Hundreds of buildings in the region have crumbled with at least 65 people injured and rescue teams desperately working to find people trapped under rubble. Chinese president Xi Jinping has called for "all out" search and rescue efforts.
It is China's most powerful earthquake in recent years, with the main tremor followed by seven aftershocks with magnitudes between 4.3 and 5.2. The epicentre of the tremor was recorded in Tibet's northern city of Naggu as more than 1,600 people have rushed there to help search and rescue operations.
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