A strong earthquake shook a mountainous region in western China near Nepal on Tuesday morning, killing at least 32 people.

As rescue workers waded through rubble in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in China's remote Tibet region in January 2025 ...

Beijing — A strong earthquake killed at least 126 people in Tibet on Tuesday and left many others trapped as dozens of aftershocks shook the region of western China and across the border in Nepal.

The 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck an area that serves as a major stop on the way to the North Base Camp, where adventurers set out to climb Mount Everest.

though it was measured as 6.8 by the China Earthquake Networks Center. The nearest city to the earthquake’s epicenter was Shigatse, the second-largest city in Tibet, with a population of 640,000.

Tibet was hit by a 7.1 earthquake on Tuesday morning ... Videos published by China's state broadcaster, CCTV, showed destroyed houses, collapsed buildings, and rocks and boulders blocking mountain ...

By Wednesday evening, more than 500 aftershocks had been recorded, 27 of which had magnitudes of 3.0 and above, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center. Tibet is one of the most ...

A major earthquake hit a secluded region of Tibet on the morning of January 7, resulting in considerable destruction. Authorities in China reported that the earthquake struck the northern foothills of ...

A deadly earthquake struck near the city of Shigatse in Tibet region and was felt in neighboring ... which straddles the China-Nepal border. NBC News' Janis Mackey Frayer reports for Early Today.

Chinese authorities in Tibet have detected problems, including cracks, at five out of 14 hydropower dams that they have ...

BEIJING — A strong earthquake killed at least 53 people in Tibet on Tuesday and left many others trapped as dozens of aftershocks shook the region of western China and across the border in Nepal.

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 ...