The earthquake had a shallow depth of just 10 kilometres, which contributed to the intensity of the tremors felt across neighboring regions, including Nepal, Bhutan, and parts of northern India.
Rescue and relief efforts are underway to assist those affected by a 6.8-magnitude earthquake that hit the Dingri county of Xizang autonomous region on Tuesday morning. According to China Railway ...
which was 240 miles from Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, and about 14 miles from the region's second-largest city of Shigatse, known as Xigaze in Chinese. About 140 miles away in Nepal's capital ...
A 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck near one of Tibet’s holiest cities on Tuesday, killing at least 53 people, Chinese state media reported.
Along the road back to Lhasa, capital of the Xizang Autonomous Region ... Following the 2015 disaster, the Shigatse region implemented emergency preparedness measures, including maintaining stockpiles ...
Dingri county lies on the northern slope of the Himalayas, bordering Nepal to the south. With an average altitude of 4,500 meters, it is located near the northern base camp of Mount Qomolangma, the ...
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 ...
from Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, and about 23 kilometers (14 miles) from the region’s second-largest city of Shigatse, known as Xigaze in Chinese. The average altitude in the area around the ...
The epicentre was around 80 km north of Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain and a popular destination for climbers ...
You can find the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery in Shigatse, Tibet's second largest city found 168 miles west of Lhasa. Since you are not allowed to travel outside of Lhasa independently under the terms ...
Shigatse, which is about 240 miles from the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, is the seat of the Panchen Lama, the second most important spiritual figure in Tibetan Buddhism after the Dalai Lama.