Beijing:
At least 87 people were injured and over 45,000 homes damaged when a 6.1 magnitude earthquake jolted parts of Tibet on Wednesday.
The quake was followed by several aftershocks, official media said; adding about 87 people were injured.
Traffic is expected to resume in the affected areas as rescuers have cleared most of the roads, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
Over 100-km of roads linking villages in Ringo, a mountainous town located at the epicentre of the quake, were damaged, affecting more than 3,400 villagers, said Wei Huakui, deputy engineer-in-chief of the armed police team responsible for clearing the roads.
The earthquake damaged 45,000 houses, as well as multiple highways, bridges and some water conservancy facilities, Wei said.