A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck the northern foothills of the Himalayas near one of Tibet’s Xigaze city on Tuesday. The quake resulted in at least 53 fatalities and injured 62 people causing buildings to shake across neighbouring countries, including Nepal, Bhutan, and India.
According to regional disaster relief headquarters, the quake jolted Dingri County in Xigaze in Tibet Autonomous Region in China at 9:05 am Tuesday (Beijing Time). The quake had a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), as reported by the China Earthquake Networks Centre, Reuters reported.
National television broadcaster CCTV reported that at least 53 people were killed on the Tibetan side.
Tremors were felt in Delhi-NCR and several North Indian areas, including parts of Bihar as well.
Here are the top updates on earthquake:
- A 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Nepal sent tremors through Delhi-NCR and various parts of North India.
- According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake occurred at 6.35 am, 93 km northeast of Lobuche, near the Nepal-Tibet border.
- The epicentre was located where the India and Eurasia plates clash and cause uplifts in the Himalayan mountains strong enough to change the heights of some of the world’s tallest peaks.
- The quake struck Dingri County with a magnitude of 6.8 near the border with Nepal at 9:05 am (0105 GMT), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).
- China said at least 53 people were killed in a strong earthquake that struck the Tibet region near the Nepal border.
- According to AP, CCTV said there were a handful of communities within 5 kilometres (3 miles) of the epicentre, which was 380 kilometres (240 miles) from Lhasa, the capital of Tibet.
