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SEARCH AND RESCUE EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY AT THIS HOUR IN TIBET WHERE A POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE HAS KILLED AT LEAST 95 PEOPLE THE U GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SAYS A SEVEN POINT ONE QUAKE STRUCK JUST AFTER 9 A LOCAL TIME AND IT WAS FOLLOWED BY DOZENS OF AFTERSHOCKS AUTHORITIES SAY THE SHAKING COULD BE FELT AS FAR AWAY AS NIPPAL AND NORTHERN INDIA SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEO FROM CHINA Mark Stewart is joining us now from Beijing with the very latest What do we know about this quake I mean I understand it struck in a remote area I'd imagine that's hindering rescue efforts No question Amara Location is just one of the many challenges This is a high altitude area about fourteen thousand feet in some places Even if you are in very good shape it's very difficult to breathe And that is one of many reasons why this rescue is so difficult We have rescue crews who are having to go through boulders through broken buildings and put the altitude on top of it It is a very daunting task A lot of resources are being sent by the Chinese Air Force In fact we've just learned that a very large military transport plane has been sent Just some of the hardware that's being dispatched to the area but an indication of just how difficult of a task this is In fact you see video of these crews arriving on the scene going into action Weather is also a challenge as it's now nighttime The temperature has dropped significantly No snow on the ground but very cold temperatures overnight adding to the difficulties in all of this STICKING POINT IN ALL OF THIS IS GOING TO BE INFRASTRUCTURE MANY OF THESE ROADS AS YOU'VE SEEN HAVE BOULDERS ON THEM THERE'S A LOT OF DEBRIS IN ADDITION TO BUILDINGS THAT IN MANY PARTS LOOK LIKE AS IF THEY HAVE COLLAPSED SO IT'S DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO LEAVE THE EARTHQUAKE ZONE AND ADDS CHALLENGE FOR CREWS TRYING TO GO IN TO SEE WHAT IS LEFT BEHIND You mentioned all of the aftershocks This is a fact that we just learned that really struck me 150 aftershocks reported at 6 o'clock local time And that is just an indication of what these crews are facing a very long list of challenges And quite frankly a lot of these images are just heartbreaking Earlier we saw a man on a stretcher and you could just see the despair on that person's face Tibet is a very significant part of the world here It's seen as a very sacred place of course with its origins in Buddhism We have heard now from the Dalai Lama in fact He says that he is saddened by what has happened is offering prayers for people who have lost their lives and is offering hopes for a swift recovery for those who are injured Also hearing from Chinese President Xi Jinping who earlier today really made it clear that this rescue effort is a national priority an all-out effort to rescue people from the earthquake zone Amra it is just past 9 o'clock in the evening It is dark and there's certainly a lot of concern what the hours will bring and what will be discovered WHEN THE SUN STARTS TO RISE IN THE MORNING AMARA AND OF COURSE EARTHQUAKES OF THIS MAGNITUDE ALWAYS COME WITH MANY AFTERSHOCKS AS YOU MENTIONED AND WITH THAT DO WE EXPECT THE DEATH TOLL TO RISE EVEN MORE SO IN THE COMING HOURS AND DAYS Yeah I mean I think the thing which has really struck us who have been covering this story throughout the day you know when this first happened at around 9 o'clock in the morning the death toll was in the single digits And then within a matter of hours as crews were able to get closer and closer the death toll certainly started to rise So I don't think anyone sadly is ruling out the possibility that more bodies could be found in the rubble overnight Amra Absolutely Mark Stewart following this story for us there in Tibet Thank you so much Life was there in Beijing And meteorologist Derek Van Dam takes a look at the weather conditions in the quake zone When this powerful and deadly earthquake struck just after 9 a local time what struck me is the shallow nature of this earthquake only ten kilometers deep meaning that there wasn't a lot of ground to absorb the shaking So the earthquake was certainly felt well away from the epicenter And we do anticipate the aftershocks to continue especially with this powerful of an earthquake In fact when we look at similar strength earthquakes magnitude 7 point or greater We typically experience at least one magnitude 6 point or greater aftershock with several dozen 5 point or less Now where the earthquake occurred on the Tibetan Plateau it is a high elevation location So here's the Himalayan Mountains Here's Nepal India to the south China to the north That's the epicenter right there So just by its true nature of its location it is a cold part of the world but it's been particularly cold lately Now in terms of the weather going forward we do