The 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck the canton of Dingrilocated not far from the Sino-Nepalese borderat 9:05 a.m. (01:05 a.m. GMT), according toChinese National Earthquake Agency (CENC). L’US Geological Survey (USGS) reported a magnitude of 7.1.
Videos broadcast by the Chinese public television CCTV show high-altitude white-colored dwellings with gutted walls and collapsed roofs, with stones littering the ground. Other images from the channel show vehicles buried under bricks or customers of a convenience store fleeing the store when the earthquake causes the products on the shelves to fall to the ground.
Of the firefighters arrived at the scene of the disaster, amid rubble and among survivors and elderly people wrapped in blankets, according to CCTV videos.
If the earthquakes are frequent in the region, Tuesday’s earthquake was the most powerful recorded within a radius of 200 kilometers in the last five years, said the PRICE.
Au Nepalthe earthquake, which was particularly felt in the capital Kathmanduhit the areas around Namche and of Lobuchevery close to the base camp of theEverest.
L’Himalaya lies on the dividing line between tectonic plates Indian and Eurasian and experiences a seismic activity regular.
In 2015, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake killed nearly 9,000 people and injured more than 22,000 in Nepal, destroying more than 500,000 homes.
