Rescue efforts underway following Xizang quake

Military personnel and firefighters are braving freezing temperatures to comb through rubble in their search and rescue efforts for survivors after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck a county in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region on Tuesday morning. The earthquake hit Dingri County in the city of Xigaze at 09:05 on Tuesday, with the epicenter located in Tsogo Township of Dingri. A total of 95 people had been confirmed dead and 130 others injured as of 15:00 Tuesday. The Western Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army sent a drone immediately to survey the epicenter after the earthquake. Besides, 50 militiamen arrived at the severely affected Changsuo Township for rescue operations, where many buildings collapsed as a result of the quake and they pulled injured people out from the rubble.