Earthquake kills seven in China

Beijing - An earthquake centred in northern India killed at least seven people and injured 22 in China's Tibet Autonomous Region, officials said Monday.

The quake caused hundreds of landslides and disrupted traffic and utilities in Yadong County, the Xinhua news agency reported.

"Relief supplies are on the way to Yadong," said Dianzin Namgyai, secretary of the Xigaze Prefecture committee of the Communist Party of China.

Authorities sent heavy machinery to clear roads to help aid reach affected areas.

The epicentre of the quake was 68 kilometres north-west of Gangtok, the capital of the Indian state of Sikkim, which borders the Tibet Autonomous Region.

At least 21 people were killed in India and five in Nepal, local media reported quoting government officials. //DPA