00:0016 people were killed and dozens more were wounded after a powerful magnitude 7 earthquake struck China's Tibet region, collapsing
00:08hundreds of homes.
00:10The quake struck around 10.30pm local time on Thursday, with an epicenter near Naku, some 300km northeast of the
00:18region's capital, Lahasa, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
00:23Naku's media office surveyed the damage and revealed that preliminary findings has the destruction at 339 homes and 20 livestock
00:30sheds.
00:31Their initial investigation also said there were several reports of civilians being buried underneath rubble, and that search and rescue
00:38operations were underway.
00:41Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for all-out efforts in rescue and medical relief operations.
00:46More than 1,600 first responders have been deployed to the scene of the quake to assist in the rescues,
00:52as well as 3,000 tents, 1,000 prefabricated housing units, and critical supplies.
00:58Experts say the quake is the hardest to hit the region in five years.
