A huge magnitude 7.1 earthquake has hit the holy city of Shigatse, or Xigazê, in the autonomous region of Tibet in China.

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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 ...

Rescuers in the freezing, high-altitude Tibet region in western China searched a second day for any remaining victims of a ...

The impact of the powerful earthquake was felt across the Shigatse region of Tibet, one of the holiest sites in Buddhism which is home to 800,000 people. The region is administered by Shigatse ...

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.

Authorities moved more than 47,000 people to shelters in earthquake-hit Tibet, Chinese officials said on Thursday, while rescuers widen a massive combing effort for survivors near the foothills of the ...

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 ...

Tremors also shook buildings in neighbouring Nepal, Bhutan and India. An initial survey showed 3,609 homes had been destroyed in the Shigatse region of Tibet, home to 800,000 people, Chinese state ...

Home to some 60,000 people, Tingri is Tibet's most populous county on China's border with Nepal and is administered from Shigatse, the traditional seat of the Panchen Lama, one of the most ...