More than 1,600 people from the local county were deployed for rescue efforts. Supplies including 1,000 prefabricated housing units, around 3,000 tents and folding beds, as well as flashlights and winter clothing arrived in the region. (File)

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At least 16 people were killed after an earthquake of magnitude 7 hit China’s Tibet region on Thursday evening. At least 46 people were injured as hundreds of homes collapsed in the northern regional city of Nagqu, news agency AP reported, citing the official media.

Rescue operations were underway after the collapse of at least 339 homes and 20 livestock sheds, the Nagqu media office said. Among the 46 injured, 11 people were critical while the rest sustained minor injuries, AP reported.

According to the US Geological Survey, the quake took place at 10.33 pm local time.…