A 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck near one of Tibet’s holiest cities on Tuesday, killing at least 53 people, Chinese state media reported.
State broadcaster CCTV said there are a handful of communities within three miles of the epicenter, which was 240 miles from Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, and about 14 miles from the region's ...
Nine dead as 7.1-magnitude quake felt in Nepal and India - Strong tremors felt in northern India, Bangladesh, and Bhutan ...
A strong earthquake shook a mountainous region in western China near Nepal on Tuesday morning, killing at least 32 people.
The epicentre is approximately 380 kilometres from the Tibetan capital, Lhasa. The epicentre was located where the Indian and Eurasian plates clash. The area is highly dangerous and can cause ...
Shigatse, which is about 240 miles from the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, is the seat of the Panchen Lama, the second most important spiritual figure in Tibetan Buddhism after the Dalai Lama.