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The massive landslide struck a workers' camp at a metal mine near the regional capital, Lahsa, on the morning of Good Friday.
By Monday afternoon, rescuers had pulled out 36 bodies of the 83 miners buried by the more than 2 million cubic metres of earth that tumbled upon them.
But rescue work was later suspended, after geological experts found four cracks with lengths of more than 600 meters on the mountain top.
... Posing the risk of another landslide.
SOUNDBITE: DUO JI, Geological expert
"The cracks on the mountain top are posing great risks of further disasters. Further landslides might happen at any moment."
A regional official also said no signs of life were found at the site of the landslide... After a search involving hundreds of excavation machines.
SOUNDBITE: MENG XIAOLIN, Regional official
"By Monday afternoon, rescuers had retrieved 36 bodies from the site. More than 4,500 rescuers and 200 machines were working at the site to find the buried miners. Now, it's been more than 80 hours since the accident happened, and no signs of life have been detected."
Snow that started falling at the site also hampered the rescue.
The buried workers are from the Tibet Huatailong Mining Development Company.
Most were recruited from neighboring provinces including Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan. Two workers are local Tibetans.
After days of little or no sleep, rescuers have been asked to retreat to the safe zone and wait to receive an evaluation from authorities...
But for the families of the miners - whose bodies might never be found - the pain has only just begun... As they may never get to say goodbye.
