A powerful earthquake struck Tibet, resulting in at least 53 fatalities.
This information was reported by SkyNews, as conveyed by Ukrinform.
Additionally, it is known that 62 individuals were injured.
The U.S. Geological Survey recorded the earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 in Tibet around 9 a.m. local time on Tuesday, January 7.
དིང་རི་ལ་ས་ཡོམ་བྱུང་ནས་མི་༣༦རྐྱེན་འདས་སུ་སོང་བ།At least 35 people have been reported dead after a powerful earthquake in Tingri County of Shigatse City in Tibet. China’s central news confirmed 9 people dead, but on Weibo, several sources confirmed that 36 people have died #Tibet pic.twitter.com/YJYOzp6yDd
— Tseringkyi ཚེ་རིང་སྐྱིད། (@Tibetankyi) January 7, 2025
The earthquake occurred in a mountainous area near the border with Nepal. The epicenter was located in the Tingri region, approximately 380 kilometers from Tibet's capital, Lhasa, and about 23 kilometers from the second-largest city in the Shigatse region, where the Tashilhunpo Monastery, the traditional residence of the Panchen Lama, is situated.
As a result of the tremors, over a thousand buildings were damaged.
The Ministry of Emergency Management of China reported that around 1,500 firefighters and rescuers have been deployed to search for people trapped under the rubble.
UPDATE: 53 people have been confirmed dead and 62 others injured during the 6.8-magnitude earthquake that jolted Dingri County in the city of Xigaze in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region at 9:05 a.m. Tuesday (Beijing Time), according to the regional disaster relief… pic.twitter.com/3hdnWHEfML
— People's Daily, China (@PDChina) January 7, 2025
State media noted that after the initial earthquake, there were several aftershocks with magnitudes up to 4.4. These were felt in Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, as well as in Bhutan and northern India.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, there have been 10 earthquakes in this area with magnitudes of at least 6 in the past century.
As reported by Ukrinform, a 6.6-magnitude earthquake occurred in the Kuril Islands on December 27 of last year.
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