Tibet's magnitude-7.0 Baqen earthquake kills 16, with over 2,500 rescuers deployed.
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Baqen County, Nagqu, Tibet at 22:33 on 22 October (Beijing time). Nagqu authorities reported 16 dead and 76 injured as of 15:00 on the 23rd, 339 households' homes collapsed or damaged, and 12,489 people relocated. As of 11:00 on the 24th, 52,450 items of relief supplies had been dispatched and over 2,500 rescuers deployed; 949 aftershocks recorded.
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