Nagqu Officials Report 16 Dead and 32 Injured After Tibet Earthquake

Nagqu's emergency management bureau said a preliminary assessment after the magnitude-7.0 earthquake in Tibet's Baqing County had recorded 16 deaths and 32 injuries as of 2:25 a.m. local time on October 23. Of those injured, 11 were seriously hurt and 21 had lighter injuries, according to the bureau's report. The assessment also listed collapsed homes involving 339 households, while checks on the extent of the disaster continued. Search and rescue operations, treatment of injured people and other earthquake-relief work remained under way, authorities said.