An earthquake struck Tibet, killing 32 people and causing several buildings to fall.
The earthquake struck at 9.05 a.m. (0105 GMT), and its epicenter was in Tingri, a remote county that serves as the northern gateway to the Everest region.
On Tuesday, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 struck the northern Himalayan foothills near one of Tibet’s most sacred cities. So far, the quake has killed at least 32 people and shook structures in neighboring countries such as Nepal, Bhutan, and India.
The earthquake struck at 9.05 a.m. (0105 GMT) and its epicentre was in Tingri, a remote county that serves as the northern gateway to the Everest region. According to the China Earthquake Networks Centre, the earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles).
According to CCTV nine individuals were murdered on the Tibetan side.
Tremors were felt in Delhi-NCR and several other North Indian cities, including parts of Bihar as well.
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A 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Nepal caused vibrations over Delhi-NCR and other portions of North India.
According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake struck around 6.35 a.m., 93 kilometers northeast of Lobuche, near the Nepal-Tibet border.
The epicentre was located where the India and Eurasia plates collided, causing uplifts in the Himalayan highlands strong enough to alter the heights of some of the world’s tallest mountains.
According to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC), the 6.8 magnitude quake rocked Dingri County near the Nepalese border at 9:05 a.m. (0105 GMT).
At least 32 people lost their lives in a devastating earthquake that struck China’s Tibet region near the border with Nepal, according to Chinese authorities.
According to CCTV, there were a few communities within 5 kilometers (3 miles) of the epicentre, which was about 380 kilometers (240 miles) from Tibet’s capital, Lhasa.
The USGS reported that there have been ten earthquakes of at least magnitude 6 in the area where Tuesday’s quake occurred over the last century.
Today’s earthquake was the most strong recorded within a 200-kilometer radius in the previous five years.
A 7.8-magnitude earthquake devastated Nepal in 2015, killing about 9,000 people and injuring over 22,000 more, demolishing more than half a million homes.
Nepal is located on a significant geological faultline that connects the Indian and Eurasian plates.
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