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☆ Urgency mounts in search for powerful Tibet earthquake survivors
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-08 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

At least 126 people were known to have been killed and 188 injured on the Tibetan side, state broadcaster CCTV reported. An initial survey showed 3,609 homes had been destroyed in the Shigatse region, home to 800,000 people, state media reported late on Tuesday. AFP - Getty ImagesNo damage has been reported to Shigatse’s Tashilhunpo monastery, state media reported, founded in 1447 by the first Dalai Lama. ET Tuesday), the China Earthquake Networks Center said. Tuesday’s quake was the worst in China since a 6.2 magnitude earthquake in 2023 that killed at least 149 people in a remote northwestern region.

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HONG KONG — A 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck near one of Tibet’s holiest cities Tuesday, killing at least 53 people, Chinese state media reported. ET Monday), was centered at a depth of nearly 6 miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. At least 53 people were killed, according to Xinhua, China’s state-run news agency, with 62 others injured. About 6,900 people live in more than two dozen villages within about 12 miles of the epicenter, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported. In the past century, there have been 10 earthquakes at magnitude 6 or above within a 150-mile radius of Tuesday’s epicenter, according to USGS.

Persons: Panchen Lama Organizations: . Geological Survey, CCTV Locations: HONG KONG, Dingri, Shigatse, China, Nepal, Lhasa, Dalai, Xinhua, China’s, Kathmandu, Earthquakes, Chinese, Sichuan

☆ China says 95 dead after 7.1-magnitude earthquake strikes Tibet
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-07 | by ( Mithil Aggarwal | Peter Guo | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

HONG KONG — A 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck near one of Tibet's holiest cities Tuesday, killing at least 95 people, Chinese state media reported. The tremor, which Chinese authorities recorded as magnitude 6.8, hit Dingri County in Shigatse, a mountainous region in western China that borders Nepal. Many houses near the epicenter collapsed and some people were trapped. About 6,900 people live in more than two dozen villages within about 12 miles of the epicenter, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported. "Here, the houses are made from dirt, so when the earthquake came … lots of houses collapsed," Dangzhi added.

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☆ Tibet, China earthquake: Nine people killed as powerful quake strikes near Nepal border
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-06 | by ( Nectar Gan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Hong Kong CNN —At least nine people have been killed after a powerful earthquake struck a remote region of Tibet on Tuesday morning, according to Chinese state media. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the 7.1-magnitude quake struck at 9.05 local time and was followed by multiple aftershocks. Both the USGS and the China Earthquake Networks Center gave the epicenter location high up in the remote Tibetan plateau close to the Himalayan border with Nepal. Some village houses collapsed in the quake, state news agency Xinhua reported. The USGS shake map indicated that tremors from the quake could be felt in neighboring Nepal and parts of northern India.

Persons: Panchen Lama Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, United States Geological Survey, China Earthquake Networks Center, Xinhua Locations: Hong Kong, Tibet, Nepal, Shigatse, Dalai, India

☆ Obituary: China's Jiang Zemin confounded doubters, mended U.S. ties
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

[1/5] A security guard stands next to a portrait of China's former President Jiang Zemin at an exhibition to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in Beijing, China, July 7, 2011. Under Jiang, China weathered the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis, joined the World Trade Organisation in 2001 and won the bid to host the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. "Jiang Zemin was more ready to be natural, even though sometimes it could be perceived as vulgar, not very sophisticated." At celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the People's Republic in 1999, floats carried giant portraits of Mao, Deng and Jiang past Tiananmen Square. Jiang, like Mao, wore his trousers well above his waist and brushed his hair straight back.

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