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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.
Persons: VCG, Jost Kobusch, ” Kobusch, Kobusch, Panchen Lama, Dalai, Lama, Shigeru Ishiba, Vladimir Putin, Lai Ching Organizations: United States Geological Survey, CCTV, Reuters, Getty Images, Getty, Japanese, China Earthquake Networks Center Locations: Tibet, China, Tingri, China’s Tibet, Mount Everest, Nepal, Bhutan, India, Cambodia, Mount, Xizang, Kathmandu, Shigatse, China’s, AFP, Russian, Taiwan, Qinghai, Sichuan
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.
Persons: Panchen Lama, Sangji Dangzhi, Dangzhi, Liu Huazhong, Liu Organizations: . Geological Survey, CCTV, AFP, NBC News Locations: Shigatse City, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, HONG KONG, Dingri, Shigatse, Nepal, Lhasa, Dalai, Xinhua, China's, Tingri, Lhatse, Shigatse's, Kathmandu, Earthquakes, Chinese, Sichuan
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