5 dead, 13 injured as earthquake jolts Tibet

BEIJING: At least five persons, including an 83-year-old woman, were today killed in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region after a powerful earthquake of 7.9 magnitude jolted neighbouring Nepal.

The earthquake killed five people and seriously injured 13 in Tibet, state-run Xinhua news agency cited local authorities as saying.

The woman was killed after her house collapsed in Nyelam County in Shigatse City.


(In pic:Rescuers help injured residents to get to safe area, after a 7.9 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal - Reuters)
The quake was felt in the cities of Lhasa and Shigatse. Houses were damaged in Nyelam County and telecommunication services were interrupted in counties on the China-Nepal border.



(In pic: Car is seen next to a collapsed house, after a 7.9 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal - Reuters)