Earthquake in Tibetan China and Nepal, with 95 dead, 130 injured, and significant spiritual and environmental implications.

Shigatse city is renowned for its Tashilhunpo Monastery, a major tourist attraction today. This area, as indeed much of southwestern China, is sadly earthquake prone. Its magnificent scenery is ...

BEIJING: A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck near one of Tibet's holiest cities on Tuesday (Jan 7)  morning, the China Earthquake Networks Centre said, damaging buildings around Shigatse and sending ...

A search and rescue dog from Chongqing has captured online attention thanks to its rescue efforts across several villages in ...

At least 126 people were killed, according to Xinhua, China’s state-run news agency ... videos from Lhatse county in Shigatse, whose location was verified by NBC News, showed billboards that ...

State broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) put the epicentre in Tingri county, about 240 miles from Tibet's capital Lhasa and about 14 miles from its second-largest city of Shigatse - also ...

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

Videos posted by China’s ministry of emergency management ... The impact of the powerful earthquake was felt across the Shigatse region of Tibet, one of the holiest sites in Buddhism which ...

Reuters was able to confirm the location ... According to China's state broadcaster CCTV, there have been 29 earthquakes with magnitudes of 3 or higher within 200 km of the Shigatse quake in ...