Beijing — A strong earthquake killed at least 126 people in Tibet on Tuesday and left many others trapped as dozens of aftershocks shook the region of western China and across the border in Nepal.
China's Earthquake Networks Center recorded the magnitude as 6.8. Shallow earthquakes often cause more damage. The epicenter was in Tibet's Tingri county, where the India and Eurasia plates grind ...
though it was measured as 6.8 by the China Earthquake Networks Center. The nearest city to the earthquake’s epicenter was Shigatse, the second-largest city in Tibet, with a population of 640,000.
A strong earthquake shook a high-altitude region of western China and areas of Nepal on Tuesday, damaging hundreds of houses, ...
The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 7.1 earthquake was centered in the Tibet region at a depth of about 6 miles. China recorded the magnitude as 6.8. The epicenter was located where the ...
Tibet was hit by a 7.1 earthquake on Tuesday morning ... Videos published by China's state broadcaster, CCTV, showed destroyed houses, collapsed buildings, and rocks and boulders blocking mountain ...
By Wednesday evening, more than 500 aftershocks had been recorded, 27 of which had magnitudes of 3.0 and above, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center. Tibet is one of the most restricted ...
An earthquake killed at least 125 people and left 188 injured after it struck a remote area of southern Tibet near China’s border with Nepal at dawn on Tuesday, Chinese state media reported.
The hydropower dam, in quake-prone Tibet, is set to be the world’s biggest. But China has said little about the project, ...
Tibet experienced another earthquake on Sunday, with a magnitude of 4.2, according to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS ...
An earthquake of 4.1 magnitude on the Richter Scale jolted Tibet on Sunday, a statement by the National Center of Seismology ...
At least 126 people were killed by a powerful earthquake that rocked a remote region of Tibet on Tuesday morning ... Videos published by China's state broadcaster, CCTV, showed destroyed houses ...