Prefabricated houses set up for quake-hit residents in Baqen County, China's Xizang

October 25, 2026Source: Xinhua
  • An aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 24, 2026 shows workers of China Railway Group Limited building prefabricated houses at a quake-hit village in Maru Township of Baqen County, Nagqu City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)

  • A worker of China Railway Group Limited builds a prefabricated house at a quake-hit village in Maru Township of Baqen County, Nagqu City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Oct. 24, 2026. (Photo by Chen Xiaojun/Xinhua)

  • Workers of China Railway Group Limited build prefabricated houses at a quake-hit village in Maru Township of Baqen County, Nagqu City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Oct. 24, 2026. (Photo by Chen Xiaojun/Xinhua)

  • A drone photo taken on Oct. 24, 2026 shows workers of China Railway Group Limited building prefabricated houses at a quake-hit village in Maru Township of Baqen County, Nagqu City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)

  • An aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 24, 2026 shows workers of China Railway Group Limited building prefabricated houses at a quake-hit village in Maru Township of Baqen County, Nagqu City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)

  • Workers of China Railway Group Limited install a door lock for a prefabricated house at a quake-hit village in Maru Township of Baqen County, Nagqu City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Oct. 24, 2026. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)

  • An aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 24, 2026 shows workers of China Railway Group Limited building prefabricated houses at a quake-hit village in Maru Township of Baqen County, Nagqu City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)

  • An aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 24, 2026 shows workers of China Railway Group Limited building prefabricated houses at a quake-hit village in Maru Township of Baqen County, Nagqu City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. (Photo by Chen Xiaojun/Xinhua)

  • Workers of China Railway Group Limited build prefabricated houses at a quake-hit village in Maru Township of Baqen County, Nagqu City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Oct. 24, 2026. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)

  • Workers of China Railway Group Limited build a prefabricated house at a quake-hit village in Maru Township of Baqen County, Nagqu City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Oct. 24, 2026. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)

The first batch of prefabricated houses has been set up on Saturday for the affected residents in a village of Maru Township, one of the hardest-hit areas near the epicenter, following a 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck Baqen County of the city of Nagqu in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region at 10:33 p.m. on Thursday.