Kathmandu: The magnitude-7.3 earthquake that struck Nepal on Tuesday was felt across the border in Tibet’s Jilong and Zhangmu regions, and was felt slightly in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa.
Jilong county government vice-chief Wang Wenxiang was quoted as saying by China News Service that “rocks fell from the mountains” and that “there might be some houses collapsed or damaged. We are now checking on the condition of the people.”
International Organisation for Migration spokesman Paul Dillon said a search and rescue team has already begun searching through the wreckage in Nepal following the quake.
Chautara in Nepal has become a hub for humanitarian aid in the wake of the massive April 25 quake, with dozens of aid workers now based there to send help deeper into the countryside.
The Norwegian Red Cross, which was helping people from the April 25 earthquake at a hospital in Chautara in central Nepal, added in a Twitter posting that their hospital tents already had received patients.
