Over 60 were injured after a magnitude-5.5 earthquake hit the city of Changdu in southwest China's Tibet in Wednesday morning, according to authorities in the autonomous region.

Six of them, reportedly to be seriously injured, have been sent to the local hospital.

The China Earthquake Networks Center monitored the epicenter at 31.99 degrees north latitude and 94.94 degrees east longitude, with a depth of seven kilometers.

Soren, director of the Regional Seismological Bureau, said the epicenter is located in Kata Town, the site of two major Buddhist temples.

Roads leading to the village have caved in. Township authorities have sent machinery for emergency repairs and to assist quake relief.