A powerful earthquake struck the Himalayas near Mount Everest, resulting in at least 95 fatalities in Tibet. The quake, of magnitude 6.8, caused damage to homes and buildings in the region. Tremors were felt in neighboring Nepal, Bhutan, and India, but there were no immediate reports of casualties in those countries.
Damage d houses are pictured after an earthquake at a village in Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, Jan 7, 2025.BEIJING/KATHMANDU — A magnitude 6.8 earthquake rocked the northern foothills of the Himalayas near one of Tibet 's holiest cities on Tuesday (Jan 7), Chinese authorities said, killing at least 95 people and shaking buildings in neighbouring Nepal , Bhutan and India . The quake hit at 9.
05am (0105 GMT), with its epicentre located in Tingri, a rural county known as the northern gateway to the Everest region, at a depth of 10km, according to the China Earthquake Networks Centre. The US Geological Service put the quake's magnitude at 7.1. At least 95 people were known to have been killed and 130 injured on the Tibetan side, China's state-run television reported six hours later. There were no reports of deaths elsewhere. Southwestern parts of China, Nepal and northern India are frequently hit by earthquakes caused by the collision of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates. Tuesday's epicentre was around 80km north of Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain and a popular destination for climbers and trekkers. Winter is not a popular season for climbers and hikers in Nepal, with a German climber the lone mountaineer with a permit to climb Mount Everest. He had already left the base camp after failing to reach the summit, Lilathar Awasthi, a Department of Tourism official, said. Nepal's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA) said the tremors were felt in seven hill districts bordering Tibet. 'So far we have not received any information of any loss of life and property,' NDRRMA spokesman Dizan Bhattarai told Reuters. 'We have mobilised police, security forces and local authorities to collect information,' he said. Many villages in the Nepalese border area, which are sparsely populated, are remote and can only be reached by foot. The impact of the quake was felt across the Shigatse region of Tibet, home to 800,000 peopl
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