LHASA, Oct. 23 -- A magnitude-7.0 earthquake struck Baqen County of Nagqu City in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region at 10:33 p.m. on October 22, at a depth of 10 kilometers. As of 10:00 a.m. on October 23, 16 people had died and 76 others injured.

拉萨10月23日电  10月22日22时33分，西藏那曲市巴青县发生7.0级地震，震源深度10千米。截至10月23日10时，已有16人遇难，76人受伤。

Following the earthquake, the joint operations command center of the Chinese PLA Western Theater Command activated its emergency response mechanism. It immediately verified the disaster situation, assessed the terrain and weather conditions in the affected areas, directed air assets to conduct reconnaissance, and instructed the nearby troops to rush to the affected villages and towns.

地震发生后，西部战区联指中心迅速启动应急响应机制，第一时间核实灾情，掌握受灾地域地理天候，指挥空中力量展开侦察，指导灾区周边部队赶赴受灾村镇。

At around midnight on October 23, an air force unit assigned to the Chinese PLA Western Theater Command launched an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to survey the earthquake-hit area and transmit real-time footage.

西部战区空军某部闻令而动，于23日0时许起飞一架无人机赴地震区域展开空中勘察，实时传回震区画面。

Upon receiving orders late at night, the Chinese PLA Xizang Military Command and the Chinese People's Armed Police (PAP) Xizang Corps immediately dispatched more than 300 troops in over 20 vehicles, carrying rescue supplies and equipment, to travel by road to the disaster area overnight.

西藏军区、武警西藏总队深夜接令后，立即启动抗震救灾预案，出动300余名官兵、20余台车辆，携带救援物资和设备，采取摩托化机动方式连夜赶赴灾区。

Troops from the Nagqu Military Sub-command under the Chinese PLA Xizang Military Command and the Nagqu Detachment under the Chinese PAP Xizang Corps have now arrived in the two hardest-hit villages and begun rescue operations.

目前，西藏军区那曲军分区、武警那曲支队官兵已经抵达受灾最严重的两个村子展开救援工作。