China has put together a relief package worth 80 million yuan for the area hit by a 7.0-magnitude earthquake in its southwestern Xizang Autonomous Region. Half of that money, 50 million yuan, has been released right away as emergency disaster relief. The other 30 million yuan has been set aside for recovery and rebuilding once the emergency phase is over. The figures were reported on October 24 by Iran's Mehr News Agency, citing the official allocations. Xizang, the region also known as Tibet, sits in a zone where strong seismic activity is common. A quake of that size can damage buildings and cut roads across a wide radius. Relief work in the remote highland terrain adds further complications.