The hydropower dam, in quake-prone Tibet, is set to be the world’s biggest. But China has said little about the project, ...

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

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.

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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

The epicentre was around 80 km north of Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain and a popular destination for climbers ...

The Jan. 7 quake in Tibet, the fifth-deadliest in China since the 2008 Sichuan temblor, destroyed more than 3,600 houses and ...

The death toll stood at 126 as of Tuesday evening. The quake struck the city of Xigaze, the traditional seat of the Panchen Lama, the second-highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism.

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

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.