SHIQU, Sichuan - Looking over the vast grasslands and grazing yaks from his monastery on a mountain in the Tibetan plateau, Karma Namgyal barely registered the tranquil scene.

"I think about Yushu all the time," said the Tibetan Buddhist monk at Sershul Monastery in Sichuan province, where he returned last week after helping survivors of the earthquake in neighboring Qinghai.

At least 2,200 died and more than 100,000 were left homeless when the 7.1-magnitude tremor rocked the Yushu Tibetan autonomous prefecture on April 14.