The epicentre was around 80 km north of Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain and a popular destination for climbers ...
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 ...
A strong earthquake killed dozens of people in Tibet on Tuesday and left many others trapped as dozens of aftershocks shook the high-altitude region of western China and across the border in Nepal.
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.
A powerful magnitude 7.1 earthquake centered about 50 miles from Mount Everest left at least 95 dead ... citing the vice mayor of Shigatse. Rescue workers climbed mounds of broken bricks, some ...
The epicenter of the magnitude 6.8 quake that hit around 9:05 a.m. Tuesday morning was in Tingri county, in Shigatse city, according to the official Xinhua News Agency. The earthquake knocked some ...