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The quake struck rural, high-altitude Tingri county, about 80 km north of Mount Everest near China’s border with Nepal, at around 9:00 a.m. (0630 IST) on Tuesday. Tingri, the epicentre ...

The epicentre of the quake, one of the region's strongest in years, was in the rural county of Tingri, with a population ... at the Tashilhunpo Monastery in Shigatse, Xinhua said.

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Rescue operations have focused on 27 villages within a 20km radius of Tingri, according to state ... monks on Jan 8 at Tashilhunpo Monastery in Shigatse, according to Xinhua.

About 1,000 of the quake-proof, heated homes are being sent to Tingri and can be set up in ... on Wednesday at the Tashilhunpo monastery in Shigatse, Xinhua said. Norbu, identified by Beijing ...