A powerful earthquake rocked western China Tuesday morning, killing at least 95 people and injuring dozens more in a mountainous region near Tibet and Nepal. The quake hit the Tibet region around 9 a.

A strong earthquake shook a high-altitude region of western China and areas of Nepal on Tuesday, damaging hundreds of houses, littering streets with rubble and killing at least 95 people in Tibet. Many others were trapped as dozens of aftershocks shook the remote region.

At least nine people have been killed after a powerful earthquake struck a remote region of Tibet on Tuesday morning, according to Chinese state media.