The epicenter of this 7.1 magnitude quake, appears to be within Dingri county, which comes under the administration of Shigatse, Xizang's second-largest city after Lhasa. Hence it is being ...
When The Global Times announced that Beijing was going to build a cascade of nine large HPPs on the Yarlung Tsangpo, human ...
The region is administered by Shigatse city, the traditional seat of the Panchen Lama, one of the most important figures in Tibetan Buddhism. Many homes in Shigatse city were reduced to rubble ...
The hydropower dam, in quake-prone Tibet, is set to be the world’s biggest. But China has said little about the project, ...
As rescue workers waded through rubble in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in China's remote Tibet region in January 2025, a picture of Tibetan Buddhist monks clearing debris circulated in posts ...
The 7.1-magnitude earthquake that hit Dingri County in Shigatse City on Jan. 7 devastated several villages in the fragile Himalayan region, killing at least 126 people and injuring hundreds. Catholic ...
Why are the casualties so high? Dingri County is situated in the southwestern part of Shigatse City, at the base of Mount Qomolangma (known as Everest in the West). The epicenter of the earthquake ...
"A 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit Tibet's Shigatse city, with strong tremors also felt over in Nepal, even the ground has cracked open," read the simplified-Chinese caption of a compilation posted ...
open image in gallery Rescue teams work amidst rubble in the aftermath of an earthquake in a location given as Shigatse City, Tibet Autonomous Region (via REUTERS) About 1,000 of the earthquake ...