(ECNS) -- Relief supplies from central, regional, city and county authorities have begun arriving in the affected area after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Baqen County in Nagqu, southwestern China's Xizang Autonomous Region, at 10:33 p.m. Thursday.
They included 1,000 prefabricated housing units, 3,239 tents, 2,821 folding beds, 4,280 quilts, 200 heating stoves, 100 mattresses, 2,000 sets of padded clothing, 1,760 military-style overcoats, four generators, 1,000 hand-cranked solar-powered flashlights, 1,000 headlamps and 694 traditional Tibetan robes.
The quake, with a focal depth of 10 kilometers (about 6 miles), killed 16 people and injured 54, China's Ministry of Emergency Management said Friday.
China raised its national emergency response for earthquake disasters to Level III, and the first batch of relief supplies arrived in the quake-hit area, the ministry said. China's national comprehensive fire and rescue teams dispatched 350 personnel and 83 vehicles to the affected area.
As of 6:30 a.m. Friday, 120 personnel and 27 vehicles had arrived at the disaster zone. Another 230 personnel and 56 vehicles from the Xizang Fire and Rescue Corps were en route and had reached Nagqu.
(By Gong Weiwei)
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