The hydropower dam, in quake-prone Tibet, is set to be the world’s biggest. But China has said little about the project, ...

The Himalayas, Earth's towering mountain range, stand as the product of a slow-motion geological collision between the Indian ...

The Jan. 7 quake in Tibet, the fifth-deadliest in China since the 2008 Sichuan temblor, destroyed more than 3,600 houses and ...

When The Global Times announced that Beijing was going to build a cascade of nine large HPPs on the Yarlung Tsangpo, human ...

A rural county in the Chinese region of Tibet, still feeling tremors from last week's magnitude 6.8 earthquake, was jolted on ...

A powerful earthquake has rocked the northern foothills of the Himalayas near one of Tibet’s holiest cities, killing at least 53 people and shaking buildings in neighbouring Nepal, Bhutan and India.

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

Nepal and northern India are often hit by earthquakes caused by the collision of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates, which are pushing up an ancient sea that is now the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau.

The impact was felt across the Shigatse region of Tibet, home to 800,000 ... Nepal and northern India are often hit by earthquakes caused by the collision of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic ...

A series of six earthquakes, including a major one measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale, struck the Tibetan region near the Nepal border on Tuesday morning, leaving a trail of destruction. The quakes, ...

Debris completely covers a street in Shigatse, southwestern Tibet Credit ... Nepal and Northern India are frequently hit by earthquakes caused by the collision of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic ...

Chinese authorities in Tibet have detected problems, including cracks, at five out of 14 hydropower dams that they have ...