At least 16 people have lost their lives and more than 30 have been injured after a magnitude 7 earthquake on the Richter scale recorded this Thursday in the autonomous Chinese region of Tibet.
According to the official news agency Xinhua, the provisional count of victims stands at 16 dead and 32 injured, while more than 300 homes have collapsed.
The earthquake occurred shortly after 10:30 PM (local time), with an epicenter located about 190 kilometers northeast of the city of Nagqu, in the Chinese region of Tibet, and at a depth of 18 kilometers, according to data from the United States Geological Survey.
This agency has also indicated that around 111,000 people have felt moderate to severe shaking in the affected area.