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 ...

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 53 people are dead after a powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit a Tibetan region near Mount Everest. Tremors reverberated through Nepal's capital city Kathmandu just before dawn on Tuesday.

A strong earthquake shook a mountainous region in western China near Nepal on Tuesday morning, killing at least 32 people.

CCTV said there are a handful of communities within 5 kilometers (3 miles) of the epicenter, which was 380 kilometers (240 miles) from Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, and about 23 kilometers (14 ...

A devastating earthquake in China's remote Tibet region killed at least 95 people and collapsed "many buildings" on Tuesday, state media reported, with tremors also felt in neighbouring Nepal's ...