The hydropower dam, in quake-prone Tibet, is set to be the world’s biggest. But China has said little about the project, ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Two earthquakes of magnitude 4.9 and 5.0 hit Tibet's Tingri county on Monday, according to China Earthquake Networks Center. The county was struck by a magnitude 6.8 quake last ...

Channels for transporting relief materials free of charge to earthquake affected areas in Xizang autonomous region and Qinghai province have been launched by China Eastern Airlines immediately ...

China has almost doubled its tally of injured in Tibet's deadly earthquake as rescuers widened a search on Friday for survivors in a remote county near the foothills of the Himalayas, despite ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - At least 126 people were killed in Tibet by this week's earthquake of magnitude 6.8, the fifth-deadliest since 2008, data from China's National Earthquake Data Center shows.

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At least 126 people were killed in Tibet by this week's earthquake of magnitude 6.8, the fifth-deadliest since 2008, data from China's National Earthquake Data Center shows.

China’s earthquake center recorded a magnitude of 6.8 (the U.S. Geological Survey measured a magnitude of 7.1) at the epicenter in Dingri County, about 80 kilometers north of Mount Everest.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Taiwan President Lai Ching-te have also expressed condolences to the earthquake’s victims. Southwestern parts of China, Nepal and northern India are often ...

Rescue workers in the cold, high-altitude Tibet region in western China searched ... confirmed death toll stood at 126 with another 188 injured as of Tuesday evening. The earthquake struck about ...