The average altitude in the area around the epicenter ... which was 240 miles from Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, and about 14 miles from the region's second-largest city of Shigatse, known as ...

He fled Tibet in 1959 during an uprising against ... quilted padding to hold back the cold in a region with an average altitude of about 4,200 meters (13,800 feet) and where temperatures fall ...

BEIJING (AP) — A strong earthquake shook a high-altitude region of western China and areas of Nepal on Tuesday, damaging hundreds of houses, littering streets with rubble and killing at least 126 ...

As rescue workers waded through rubble in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in China's remote Tibet region in January 2025 ...

The death toll stood at 126 as of Tuesday evening. The quake struck the city of Xigaze, the traditional seat of the Panchen Lama, the second-highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism.

Tibet is part of China ... state media said. The average altitude in the area is about 4,200 meters (13,800 feet), the Chinese earthquake center said in a social media post.

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BEIJING (AP) — Rescuers in the freezing, high-altitude Tibet region in western China searched for a second day for any remaining victims of a deadly earthquake that struck near a holy city for ...