A magnitude-6.8 earthquake has struck the holy Tibetan city of Shigatse, killing at least 53 people, Chinese state media reports.

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake has hit Tibet’s Shigatse city, China’s state broadcaster CCTV reported. The earthquake struck at 9:05am local time (01:05 GMT) at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), according to ...

A huge magnitude 7.1 earthquake has hit the holy city of Shigatse, or Xigazê, in the autonomous region of Tibet in China. A deadly magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit one of the holiest cities in Tibet ...

The epicentre of the quake was Shigatse, one of the holiest cities of Tibet. The United States Geological Survey said the earthquake measured 7.1 on the Richter scale, while the China Earthquake ...

The epicentre was around 80 km north of Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain and a popular destination for climbers ...

The impact of the powerful earthquake was felt across the Shigatse region of Tibet, one of the holiest sites in Buddhism which is home to 800,000 people. The region is administered by Shigatse ...

Videos published by China's state broadcaster CCTV showed destroyed houses and collapsed buildings in Tibet's holy Shigatse city, with rescue workers wading through debris and handing out thick ...

Shigatse is one of Tibet’s holiest cities and the seat of the Panchen Lama, one of the most important figures in Tibetan Buddhism, whose spiritual authority is second only to the Dalai Lama.

AT LEAST 126 people have died after a devastating earthquake ripped through one of Tibet’s holiest cities. The 7.1 magnitude quake destroyed “many buildings” in Shigatse injuring 130 and ...

State broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) put the epicentre in Tingri county, about 240 miles from Tibet's capital Lhasa and about 14 miles from its second-largest city of Shigatse - also ...

A huge magnitude 7.1 earthquake has hit the holy city of Shigatse, or Xigazê, in the autonomous region of Tibet in China.