Tibet, October 24 (ANI): At least 76 people have been injured and 16 killed after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Nakchu in Tibet on Thursday night, with rescue and relief operations underway in the affected areas.

The earthquake struck Tangnezong district in Nakchu, northern Tibet, at 10:33 pm on Thursday, local authorities said, as reported by Chinese news agency Xinhua on Friday.

The quake also damaged or destroyed 339 houses and 20 livestock sheds, according to a press conference held by the information office of the Nagqu municipal government on Friday afternoon.

According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the epicentre was located 183 km east-northeast of Nagqu city. India’s National Centre for Seismology (NCS) reported that the earthquake occurred at 8:03 pm IST at a depth of 173 km, with its epicentre at latitude 32.368 N and longitude 93.853 E.

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