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 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 ...
A powerful earthquake has rocked the northern foothills of the Himalayas near one of Tibet’s holiest cities, killing at least 53 people and shaking buildings in neighbouring Nepal, Bhutan and India.