A video the police posted, opens new tab on TikTok sister app ‌Douyin ⁠showed officers packing supplies in a truck in the dark and inspecting a building and rubble with flashlights.

More than 12,000 people have been safely relocated, state media outlet Xinhua reported.

Videos previously ​released by local ​official media ⁠showed people leaving their homes and seeking shelter outside or in their cars parked on ​the street. One resident reported being awakened by ​the strong ⁠quake and hearing the house squeaking during the tremor.

The China Earthquake Networks Center said in a post that 413 aftershocks had ⁠been ​recorded.

In 2010, a magnitude 7.1 tremor ​struck Yushu in neighbouring Qinghai province, killing at least 2,698 people and leaving ​nearly 300 people missing.