In Pics | Life After The Powerfull China Quake

A youth rests at a shelter in Yamansu township of Uchturpan county, Aksu prefecture in western China's Xinjiang region. As aftershocks continued to rock western China on Wednesday, thousands of people were staying in tents and other shelters, lighting bonfires to fend off the freezing weather.

Residents displaced in the aftermath of an earthquake rest at a school dormitory used as temporary shelter in Wushi county in China's western Xinjiang region. A massive earthquake has struck a sparsely populated part of China's western Xinjiang region, killing a few and damaging or collapsing more than 120 homes in freezing cold weather.

A vendor waits for customers at an outdoor stall on the road to Wushi county in China's western Xinjiang region. Officials say a magnitude 7.1 earthquake in a remote part of China’s western Xinjiang region has killed at least three people and caused extensive damage in freezing weather.

Vendors make naan bread at an outdoor stall on the road to Wushi county in China's western Xinjiang region.

Children play near tents set up for displaced residents of the recent earthquake in Yamansu township of Uchturpan county, Aksu prefecture in western China's Xinjiang region.

Workers deliver supplies to a shelter at the Yamansu township of Uchturpan county, Aksu prefecture in western China's Xinjiang region.

Men from the immigration department deliver supplies to a shelter at the Yamansu township of Uchturpan county, Aksu prefecture in western China's Xinjiang region.

Nurahun Osman attempts to catch a pigeon as he shows journalists the damage done to his coop during the earthquake in Yamansu township of Uchturpan county, Aksu prefecture in western China's Xinjiang region.