Injuries in China’s Tibet rise to 65 after earthquake, death toll remains at 16

BEIJING, Oct 23 (Reuters) The number of people injured in a magnitude 7 earthquake that struck the southwestern region of China s Tibet has ​risen to 65, local government said in a ‌social media post on Friday, while the death count remained unchanged at 16. The quake, with an epicentre in Nagqu, a sparsely populated, high-altitude city in northern Tibet, is the strongest ‌to ​hit China since January 2024. More than ⁠300 police officers including ⁠traffic and community police personnel were sent to the epicentre to carry out rescue and emergency relief work, the Nagqu police department said in a ​separate post on messaging app WeChat early on Friday. Officers sent to the region checked for damage to ⁠homes and helped people relocate ⁠to safer locations, the Nagqu police ​also said in the WeChat post. A video the police posted ​on TikTok sister app Douyin showed officers packing ‌supplies in a truck in the dark and inspecting a building and rubble with flashlights. More than 12,000 pe