At least two Tibetan Buddhism monastic centres were severely damaged in Tibet with an unknown number of monks and nuns hurt, ...

BEIJING — A rural county in the Chinese region of Tibet, still feeling tremors from last week's magnitude 6.8 earthquake, was jolted on Monday (Jan 13) night by two powerful aftershocks barely ...

Damaged houses are pictured after an earthquake at a village in Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China January 7, 2025. Xinhua via REUTERS Some 68 major dams in the Himalayan region exploit the ...

A firefighter distributes breakfast to quake-affected residents following the earthquake that struck Tingri county, in Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China on Jan 8, 2025. (Photo: Reuters ...

The impact of the powerful earthquake was felt across the Shigatse region of Tibet, one of the holiest sites in Buddhism which is home to 800,000 people. The region is administered by Shigatse ...

SHANGHAI -- The Chinese government has ramped up search and rescue operations in southern Tibet after Tuesday's ... struck Dingri County in the Shigatse region, home to 800,000 people, destroying ...

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the northern foothills of the Himalayas near one of Tibet's Xigaze city on Tuesday. The quake resulted in at least 95 fatalities and injured 130 people causing ...

Beijing | A strong earthquake killed at least 95 people in Tibet on Tuesday and left many ... on Tuesday morning was in Tingri county, near Shigatse city, according to the official Xinhua News ...

Home to some 60,000 people, Tingri is Tibet's most populous county on China's border with Nepal and is administered from Shigatse, the traditional seat of the Panchen Lama, one of the most ...

Shigatse is one of Tibet’s holiest cities and the seat of the Panchen Lama, one of the most important figures in Tibetan Buddhism, whose spiritual authority is second only to the Dalai Lama.

At least 188 people were injured in Tibet on the Chinese side of the border, the official Xinhua News Agency said. More than 1,000 homes were damaged in the barren and sparsely populated region ...

A huge magnitude 7.1 earthquake has hit the holy city of Shigatse, or Xigazê, in the autonomous region of Tibet in China.