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Sixteen people were killed and 46 others injured after a magnitude-7.0 earthquake struck Baqen County in Nagqu City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, at 10:33 p.m. Thursday (Beijng Time), according to the city's emergency management bureau.

Relief supplies have been arriving in the affected areas as rescue teams from various agencies work around the clock to search for and rescue people trapped under the debris, treat the injured and carry out other emergency response operations.

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Relief supplies arrive in quake-hit areas in China's Xizang as rescue efforts continue