Roadside village between Shigatse and Dingri in 2000.[Photo by Bruce Connolly/chinadaily.com.cn] When an earthquake hits an area that is familiar, a place of fond memories, it somehow becomes more ...

A rescue worker serves sweet tea to earthquake-affected residents of Tsogo township in Shigatse, Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region, on Wednesday. The quake killed 126 people and left 188 ...

According to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC), the quake hit Dingri County in Shigatse, a remote area near the northern ... The quake’s tremors rippled through its high-altitude hotels and ...

LIU YOUSHENG / XINHUA President Xi Jinping ordered all-out rescue efforts to save lives and minimize casualties following a magnitude 6.8 earthquake that jolted Dingri county of Shigatse in the ...

State broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) put the epicentre in Tingri county, about 240 miles from Tibet's capital Lhasa and about 14 miles from its second-largest city of Shigatse - also ...

State broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) put the epicentre in Tingri county, about 240 miles from Tibet's capital Lhasa and about 14 miles from its second-largest city of Shigatse - also ...

Shigatse is one of the holiest cities of Tibet. It is home to the Tashilhunpo Monastery - the traditional seat of the Panchen Lama, who is second only to the Dalai Lama in terms of spiritual ...

The epicentre of the quake was Shigatse, one of the holiest cities of Tibet. The United States Geological Survey said the earthquake measured 7.1 on the Richter scale, while the China Earthquake ...