The number of people injured in a magnitude 7 earthquake that struck the southwestern region of China's Tibet has risen to 65, the local government said in a social media post on Friday (October 23), while the death count remained unchanged at 16.

Footage aired by state broadcaster CCTV on Friday showed rescue workers, police, soldiers and medical teams carrying out search and rescue operations, setting up temporary shelters and distributing relief supplies in the affected areas.

The quake struck Baqen County in Tibet's Nagqu city a day earlier. More than 12,000 residents have been relocated, and 501 aftershocks recorded by midday on Friday, the strongest measuring magnitude 4.3.

Chinese authorities have raised the national earthquake emergency response to Level III and dispatched a working team to the disaster zone to support relief efforts.

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NAGQU, TIBET, CHINA (AIRED OCTOBER 23, 2026) (CCTV - No use China)

1. (NIGHT SHOTS) VARIOUS OF SEARCH LIGHTS, RESCUE OPERATIONS UNDERWAY

2. (NIGHT SHOT) SOLDIERS RUNNING IN FORMATION

3. (NIGHT SHOT) SOLDIERS CARRYING SUPPLIES

4. (NIGHT SHOT) SOLDIERS LOADING SUPPLIES ONTO TRUCK

5. (NIGHT SHOT) VEHICLE CONVOY MOVING ON ROAD

6. (NIGHT SHOTS) VARIOUS OF SOLDIERS ERECTING TENTS

7. (NIGHT SHOT) SOLDIERS UNLOADING GAS CYLINDERS FROM TRUCK

8. (NIGHT SHOTS) VARIOUS OF SOLDIERS SETTING UP TEMPORARY CAMP

9. (NIGHT SHOTS) VARIOUS OF CIVILIANS AND SOLDIERS UNLOADING RELIEF SUPPLIES FROM TRUCKS

10. AERIAL SHOT OF TEMPORARY TENTS FOR DISPLACED RESIDENTS

11. WORKERS IN FRONT OF TEMPORARY TENTS FOR DISPLACED RESIDENTS

12. TRUCKS CARRYING RELIEF SUPPLIES PARKED IN FIELD

13. AERIAL SHOT OF TEMPORARY TENTS FOR DISPLACED RESIDENTS

14. COMMUNICATIONS VEHICLE PARKED IN FIELD, PEOPLE STANDING AND WALKING NEARBY

15. AERIAL SHOT OF TEMPORARY TENTS FOR DISPLACED RESIDENTS

BEIJING, CHINA (AIRED OCTOBER 23, 2026) (CCTV - No use China)

16. (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CCTV ANCHOR, GANG QIANG, SAYING:

“In accordance with Xi Jinping’s important instructions and Li Qiang’s requirements, the Ministry of Emergency Management has dispatched a working group to the scene to guide emergency rescue and disaster relief operations. Tibet has mobilised personnel to carry out emergency rescue and disaster relief efforts and properly accommodate affected residents. At present, all earthquake relief operations are proceeding in an intensive and orderly manner.”