Rescue efforts in remote high-altitude terrain underway in below-freezing conditions after tremors that were also felt in neighbouring Nepal and India

• Full report: dozens dead as 6.8-magnitude quake strikes holy city of Shigatse

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the earthquake in Tibet.

The quake struck near one of Tibet’s holiest cities, the China Earthquake Networks Centre (CENC) has said, killing at least 53 people and collapsing “many buildings” with tremors also felt in neighbouring Nepal’s capital Kathmandu and parts of India.