A magnitude-6.8 earthquake has struck the holy Tibetan city of Shigatse, killing at least 53 people, Chinese state media reports. Joe Biden Grants Clemency To Leonard Peltier Mistakes Everyone ...

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 ...

According to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC), the quake hit Dingri County in Shigatse, a remote area near the northern base camp of Mount Qomolangma, also widely known as Mount Everest, ...

The earthquake reportedly struck Tibet's holy city of Shigatse on the morning of Tuesday, Jan. 7 Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024.

Cracks appear on the wall of a house hit by a power earthquake in Dingri County's Shigatse. According to Chinese state media, at least 130 people were injured by the quake and emergency rescue ...

The earthquake occurred in Dingri County, Shigatse City, Tibet, just after 9 a.m. local time with a focal depth of 10 kilometers, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center. More than 3,600 ...

But damage round the epicenter was extensive. An initial survey showed 3,609 homes had been destroyed in the Shigatse region, home to 800,000 people, state media reported late on Tuesday.

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

Some cars and motorcycles parked along the road were also damaged, the footage showed. The nearest major city to the epicenter is the holy city of Shigatse, some 180 km (111 miles) away. The city is ...

Tremors also shook buildings in neighbouring Nepal, Bhutan and India. The impact was felt across the Shigatse region of Tibet, home to 800,000 people. The region is administered from Shigatse city ...

The tremor, which Chinese authorities recorded as magnitude 6.8, hit Dingri County in Shigatse, a mountainous region in western China that borders Nepal. Shigatse, which is about 240 miles from ...