Aftershocks felt in quake-hit eastern Tibet

Forty-five aftershocks were felt in Tuoba Township in Qamdo Prefecture of eastern Tibet Autonomous Region after an earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale jolted the region on Monday night.

The earthquakes affected seven townships in Qamdo. As of 2:00 a.m. Tuesday, 13 aftershocks measuring above 2.0 on the Richter scale had been felt.

In Kangba village of Tuoba, several walls of houses cracked and a few basic residential structures collapsed, but no casualties have been reported.

The quake's epicenter, at 31.5 degrees north latitude and 97.8 degrees east longitude, occurred at 7:59 p.m. (Beijing Time) on Monday, China's Seismological Monitoring Network said.