Focus shifts to Tibet earthquake survivors as search known as off

BEIJING –
Authorities moved greater than 45,000 folks in earthquake-hit Tibet to shelters in a large rescue operation on the foot of the Himalayas as they wound down the search in a high-altitude setting the place the percentages of survival had been at all times slim.

The epicenter of Tuesday’s 6.8 magnitude quake, one of many Chinese area’s strongest tremors in recent times, was in Tingri, a rural county with a inhabitants of about 60,000 folks round 80 km (50 miles) north of Mount Everest.

The temblor shook buildings as far-off as Nepal and components of India, and destroyed greater than 3,600 homes round Tingri, presenting a formidable process to rescuers in an space the place the typical elevation is greater than 4,000 meters (13,000 toes).