Rescue efforts in remote high-altitude terrain underway in below-freezing conditions after tremors that were also felt in neighbouring Nepal and India
Full report: dozens dead as 6.8-magnitude quake strikes holy city of Shigatse
There are three townships and 27 villages within 20 km (12 miles) of the epicentre of the earthquake, which had its epicentre high up in the remote Tibetan plateau close to the Himalayan border with Nepal, about 50 miles north of Mount Everest.
These affected areas had a total population of about 6,900, Chinese state media reported. More than 1,000 houses have reportedly been damaged.