Quake doesn't halt New Year festivities

Residents of Nyingchi, in the Tibet autonomous region, celebrated Gompo New Year with festival activities on Sunday despite having been hit by a magnitude 6.9 earthquake the day before.

Three people sustained minor injuries when the earthquake struck the city's Manling county at 6:34 am on Saturday. No casualties were reported.

The quake occurred at a depth of about 10 km and its epicenter was in a remote area in Yarlung Tsangpo Canyon, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.