A woman was killed and two other persons were injured in Tibet after neighbouring Nepal was jolted by a powerful 7.3-magnitude quake today, less than three weeks of the devastating temblor that claimed 26 lives in the remote region.
All the three were in a car that was hit by falling rocks in the township of Gyirong, Tibet, when the quake struck.
According to border inspection officer Karma Tenzin, the deceased, Chodron, was a local resident. The two injured are undergoing medical treatment.
There were landslides on both sides of the border, accompanied by loud noises, the report said.
Wu Aijun, a police officer in the township of Zham in Nyalam County, saw rocks rolling off the hills.
"Roads were cut off by debris from landslides," Wu was quoted as saying by official Xinhua news agency.
He said he could see across the border and a village in Nepal was also battered by landslides.
China evacuated thousands of residents from Zham after the April 25 quake. Police stayed behind to guard the county.
"All the police have now been evacuated. No casualties were reported," said Phurjung from the Zham Police headquarters.
In Nyalam, power was cut off and three houses collapsed.
The devastating April 25 temblor has claimed more than 8,000 lives in Nepal and left 26 dead in Tibet.
