The epicentre of the quake was Shigatse, one of the holiest cities of Tibet. The United States Geological Survey said the earthquake measured 7.1 on the Richter scale, while the China Earthquake ...

According to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC), the quake hit Dingri County in Shigatse, a remote area near the northern base camp of Mount Qomolangma, also widely known as Mount Everest, ...

BEIJING (Reuters) -A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck the northern foothills of the Himalayas near one of Tibet's holiest cities on Tuesday, damaging buildings around Shigatse and sending people ...

The nearest major city to the epicenter is the holy city of Shigatse, some 180 km (111 miles) away. The city is home to about 800,000 people and the traditional seat of the Panchen Lama ...

Xinhua reported that at least nine people were killed in three townships – Changsuo, Quluo and Cuoguo – in Shigatse’s surrounding Tingri county, where many buildings had collapsed ...

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 ...

Tremors also shook buildings in neighbouring Nepal, Bhutan and India. The impact was felt across the Shigatse region of Tibet, home to 800,000 people. The region is administered from Shigatse city ...