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The quake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 triggered waves of around 1 metre along parts of the Sea of Japan coast with a larger wave expected, public broadcaster NHK reported.
The epicentre of the quake straddled the provinces of Gansu and Qinghai in an area where many of China's Hui people, a tight-knit ethnic minority characterised by its distinctive Muslim identity, are found.
The quake of magnitude 6.2 jolted a mountainous region in northwestern China.
Applications can be submitted now for research programmes in four institutions of national importance, including IITs.
Evacuation orders were issued for some areas in the Philippines and southwestern Japanese coasts because of warnings of tsunami waves of a metre (3 feet) or more.
Epicentre for the quake was 233 kilometres north of Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh.
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal expressed deep sorrow at the loss of life and property in the quake.
According to the National Center for Seismology, the epicentre of the quake is Nepal.
The Iranian foreign minister would be contacting UN officials in the Middle East to work on an initiative to end the war.