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The quake struck near one of Tibet’s holiest cities, the China Earthquake Networks Centre (CENC) has said, killing at least 53 people and collapsing “many buildings” with tremors also felt in neighbouring Nepal’s capital Kathmandu and parts of India.
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The quake struck Dingri county with a magnitude of 6.8 near the border with Nepal on Tuesday morning, according to the China Earthquake Networks Centre (CENC). The US Geological Survey reported the tremor as magnitude 7.1.
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“Fifty-three people have been confirmed dead, and 62 others injured as of Tuesday noon, after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake jolted Dingri County in the city of Xigaze in Xizang (Tibet) Autonomous Region at 9:05 am Tuesday,” the official Xinhua news agency said.
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Videos published by China’s state broadcaster CCTV showed destroyed houses with walls torn apart and rubble strewn across the ruins in the aftermath of the earthquake.
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Temperatures in Dingri are around minus 8 degrees Celsius and will drop to minus 18 this evening, according to the China Meteorological Administration, AFP reported.
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The high-altitude county in the Tibet region is home to about 62,000 people and situated on the Chinese side of Mount Everest.
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While earthquakes are common in the region, Tuesday’s quake was the most powerful recorded within a 200-kilometre radius in the last five years, the CENC added.
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Stay with us as we cover the developments.
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The Associated Press has compiled a short timeline of the worst earthquakes to hit China in recent years. 2008 Sichuan Earthquake Approximately 90,000 people died.
The report notes that earthquakes in China occur most frequently on or around the Tibetan Plateau. The seismically active region is where the Indian and Eurasian plates collide, causing an uplift strong enough to change the height of the Himalayas. Here is the timeline:
— May 2008: Approximately 90,000 people are killed, missing, or presumed dead in Sichuan province after a magnitude 7.9 earthquake.
— April 2010: A magnitude 7.1 earthquake kills 2,698 people in Qinghai province.
— April 2013: A magnitude 7.0 earthquake kills 196 people in Sichuan province.
— July 2013: A magnitude 6.6 earthquake kills 95 people in Gansu province.
— August 2014: A magnitude 6.1 earthquake kills 617 people in Yunnan province.
— September 2022: A magnitude 6.8 earthquake kills 93 people in Sichuan province.
— December 2023: A magnitude 6.2 earthquake kills at least 126 people in Gansu and Qinghai provinces.
Some more pictures came from Latse Prefecture, Shigatse Provincethe Tibetan cities most affected by the earthquake:
president of china Xi Jinping The country ordered an “all-out” rescue operation to save lives and minimize casualties, state news agency Xinhua reported.
The president also urged “efforts to prevent secondary disasters, properly relocate affected residents, and effectively handle subsequent operations,” the report said.
similarly Kathmandusurrounding area Lobuche in nepal According to AFP news agency, high mountains near Mount Everest were also shaken by shaking and aftershocks.
“It shook pretty strongly here. Everyone is awake,” said Jagat Prasad Bhusal, a government official in Nepal's Namche region, near Everest.
But so far, no damage or deaths have been reported and security forces have been mobilized, said Rishi Ram Tiwari, spokesperson for Nepal's interior minister.
Nepal sits on a major geological fault where the Indian plate is pushed up against the Eurasian plate to form the Himalayas, and earthquakes occur regularly.
In 2015, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Nepal, destroying more than 500,000 homes, killing nearly 9,000 people, and injuring more than 22,000.
Photos are starting to arrive little by little from areas affected by the earthquake, but the numbers are still small. Here we will introduce a couple. KathmanduTremors sent people out into the streets in Nepal's capital.
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Hello. Welcome to the live coverage of the Tibet earthquake.
The quake struck near one of Tibet's holiest cities, killing at least 53 people, and was felt in neighboring Nepal's capital Kathmandu and parts of India, according to the China Earthquake Network Center (CENC). “Many buildings” collapsed.
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Dinli province, near the border with Nepal, on Tuesday morning, according to the China Earthquake Network Center (CENC). The U.S. Geological Survey reported the quake as a magnitude 7.1.
“At 9:05 a.m. on Tuesday, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurred in Dingli County, Shigaze City, Xizang (Tibet) Autonomous Region, and as of Tuesday noon, 53 people were confirmed dead and 62 others were injured,” officials said in a statement. did. Xinhua News Agency reported.
Footage released by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV showed collapsed houses with walls torn apart and debris scattered in the aftermath of the earthquake.
According to the China Meteorological Administration, the temperature in Dinli is around -8 degrees Celsius, and will drop to -18 degrees Celsius tonight, according to AFP news agency.
This highland prefecture in the Tibetan region has a population of approximately 62,000 people and is located on the Chinese side of Mount Everest.
Earthquakes are common in the region, but Tuesday's quake was the strongest recorded within a radius of 200 kilometers in the past five years, CENC added.
We will keep you informed of future developments, so please stay with us.
