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.

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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, people stand amidst damaged houses in the aftermath of an earthquake in Tonglai Village, Changsuo Township of Dingri in Xigaze, southwestern China's ...

Volunteers from across the country and policemen from China ... after an earthquake hit the Xizang Autonomous Region. Zheng Songwu visited a village in Dingri County to look at people's ...

Mainland China sent 11,000 rescuers to the quake zone within hours of the first tremors, which were followed by more than 1,200 aftershocks. Around 46,500 people affected by the earthquake have ...

A strong earthquake has shaken a high-altitude region of western China and areas of Nepal. Tuesday's quake damaged hundreds of houses, littered streets with rubble and killed at least 126 people ...