Barkhor Street. Southwest of Lhasa lies Tibet's second largest city and tourist hub, Shigatse. Shigatse bears a striking resemblance to Lhasa. Not only does it have an urban sprawl to it ...

It's here the poster of the video believes many were injured and in need of help after a magnitude-7.1 earthquake that struck Dingri county, Shigatse prefecture in south-west China a week ago.

A devastating earthquake in China’s remote Tibet region killed at least 126 people and damaged thousands of buildings on Tuesday (January 7, 2025), with tremors also felt in neighbouring Nepal ...

Local officials confirmed that a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Dingri County in Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, on January 7, Tuesday, at 9:05am (Beijing time). The epicentre was located in Tsogo ...

"Surveillance footage from the Shigatse overpass bridge during the earthquake in Tibet," reads simplified Chinese text on a Douyin video shared on January 8, 2025. The clip, showing motorists driving ...

BEIJING - At least 126 people were killed in Tibet by this week's earthquake of magnitude 6.8, the fifth-deadliest since 2008, data from China's National Earthquake Data Center shows. Quakes are ...

Deadly Tibet quake damaged four reservoirs Shows risks of adding hydropower in Himalayas, experts say Dams in region are 68, with 101 planned or being built China building world's largest hydro ...

A medical worker carries out disinfection at a village in Dingri county in Shigatse, Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region, Jan 8, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] LHASA -- A total of 1,211 aftershocks ...

But damage round the epicentre was extensive. 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.

open image in gallery Rescue teams work amidst rubble in the aftermath of an earthquake in a location given as Shigatse City, Tibet Autonomous Region (via REUTERS) About 1,000 of the earthquake ...