You can find the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery in Shigatse, Tibet's second largest city found 168 miles west of Lhasa. Since you are not allowed to travel outside of Lhasa independently under the terms ...

Strong quake causes damage near one of Tibet's holiest cities At least 126 ... of magnitude 6 or above in what is know as the Lhasa block, the largest of which was the 6.9-magnitude quake in ...

Below are some notable quakes in Tibet in recent decades: The largest earthquake in the Lhasa block since 1950. The Lhasa block, bounded by fault-lines, forms southern Tibet. The Mainling ...

State broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) put the epicentre in Tingri county, about 240 miles from Tibet's capital Lhasa and about ... home to the Tashilhunpo Monastery - the traditional ...

The largest earthquake in the Lhasa block since 1950. The Lhasa block, bounded by fault-lines, forms southern Tibet. The Mainling quake triggered more than 300 aftershocks, affecting over 12,000 ...

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.

At least 120 people have been reported dead after a powerful earthquake in China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Tremors were also felt in Nepal and India. More than 120 people have been killed after a ...

More than 120 people have been killed after a powerful earthquake struck a remote region of Tibet on Tuesday morning, with tremors felt across the Himalayas in neighboring Nepal, Bhutan and parts ...

BEIJING/KATHMANDU (Reuters) -A magnitude 6.8 earthquake rocked the northern foothills of the Himalayas near one of Tibet's holiest ... in what is known as the Lhasa block in an area under north ...

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