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

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 ...

Chinese media reports that at least nine people were killed in the earthquake that struck Shigatse, Tibet, on Tuesday morning.

Tremors from the magnitude 6.9 earthquake were reported in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu, where buildings were shaking.

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the capital of Tibet, and about 14 miles from the region's second-largest city of Shigatse, known as Xigaze in Chinese. About 140 miles away in Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, the earthquake woke up ...

At least 53 people have been confirmed dead and 62 are injured after a major earthquake struck China's mountainous Tibet region on Tuesday morning, Chinese state media reported. The earthquake that ...

The earthquake's epicentre was about 80 km ... The quake's impact was felt across the Shigatse region of Tibet, home to 800,000 people. The region is administered by Shigatse city, the ...

No damage has been reported to Shigatse’s Tashilhunpo monastery ... Meng Hui, deputy head of Tibet’s earthquake administration, said at the news conference. Tuesday’s quake was the worst ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - More than 400 people trapped by a strong earthquake that struck the foothills of ... An initial survey showed 3,609 homes had been destroyed in the Shigatse region of Tibet, home ...

Stock image of Shigatse in Tibet prior to the earthquake on Jan. 7. Earthquakes strike when two blocks of earth slip past one another at fault lines — the zones between these blocks. Faulting ...