Tibet earthquake: dozens dead as 6.8-magnitude quake strikes holy city of Shigatse – reports | Tibet
The China Earthquake Network Center said a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck near one of Tibet's holiest cities, damaging buildings around Shigatse and sending people fleeing to the streets in neighboring Nepal and India. State media said 53 people were killed and more than 60 injured in the earthquake that struck at 9:05 a.m. Tuesday. The […]
6.8-Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Cuba, Crashing Grid, Fueling Protests
Protests against Cuba's communist Castro regime continued Monday amid near-endless power outages made worse by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake that struck Cuba's southeast coast on Sunday. Cuba's power grid is barely operational after more than 60 years of communist mismanagement, but it is fully operational folded On October 18th, I left the country without power […]