A deadly earthquake struck near the city of Shigatse in Tibet region and was ... high-altitude region about 50 miles northeast of Mount Everest, which straddles the China-Nepal border.
The earthquake reportedly struck Tibet's holy city of Shigatse on the morning of Tuesday, Jan. 7 Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024.
Anna Guo, an 18-year-old college student traveling with a tour group, was about to depart Shigatse and head southwest to see Mount Everest when the ground started shaking violently on Tuesday morning.
The epicentre of the quake was the Shigatse high-altitude county of Dingri, located on the Chinese side of Mount Everest and home to about 62,000 people. Tuesday’s quake was the most powerful ...
The earthquake also rocked Mount Everest - the world's tallest peak ... water being cut off for the tens of thousands of residents. Shigatse is widely regarded as one of the holiest cities in ...