A powerful earthquake killed greater than 50 individuals in Tibet on Tuesday and left many others trapped as dozens of aftershocks shook the area of western China and throughout the border in Nepal.

The official Xinhua Information Company stated 62 different individuals have been injured, citing the regional catastrophe reduction headquarters.

About 1,500 hearth and rescue staff have been deployed to seek for individuals within the rubble, the Ministry of Emergency Administration stated.

The U.S. Geological Survey stated the earthquake measured magnitude 7.1 and was comparatively shallow at a depth of about 6 miles. China recorded the magnitude as 6.8.

The epicenter was about 50 miles northeast of Mount Everest, which straddles the border.

The realm is seismically energetic and is the place the India and Eurasia plates conflict and trigger uplifts within the Himalayan mountains sturdy sufficient to vary the heights of a few of the world’s tallest peaks.

The US Geological Survey pinpointed the quake’s epicenter 57 miles from Lobuche in Nepal, alongside the mountainous border with Tibet in China.

Based on Chinese language state broadcaster CCTV, the typical altitude across the epicenter is roughly 13,800 toes. A number of communities are inside 3 miles of the epicenter, which is 240 miles from Lhasa, Tibet’s capital.

The USGC warned that the area has unstable constructions prone to earthquakes.

“Total, the inhabitants on this area resides in constructions which are extremely weak to earthquake shaking, although some resistant constructions exist,” the company said.

“The predominant weak constructing sorts are adobe block and unreinforced brick with mud development.”

Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, felt tremors of a 4.5-magnitude earthquake, as per information from the USGC. There are not any rapid reviews of injury or casualties, and it stays unknown if there have been any climbers on Everest in the course of the quake.