at least 126 dead and 188 injured

Ten years after the 7.9 magnitude earthquake which claimed the lives of 8,000 people in Nepal, the Himalayas have once again been tragically affected. This Tuesday, January 7, at 9:05 a.m. (01:05 GMT), tremors of magnitude 6.8 struck the township of Dingri, in the Tibet region, southwest of China, causing the collapse of many buildings. The earthquake, felt as far away as Kathmandu, 200 kilometers from the epicenter, sowed devastation. Initially, the Chinese authorities counted 53 dead, the toll now stands at at least 126. This is the most powerful earthquake recorded in this area in five years. All access to Everest base camp was closed and tourists evacuated. “On July 7 at 9:05 a.m., an earthquake of magnitude 6.8 followed by more than 150 aftershocks of magnitude up to 4.4 occurred in Dingri County, Rikaze Town, Autonomous Region of Tibet. », Explain the Chinese media. “The epicenter is located in Tsogo Township, Dingri County, which has a population of approximately 6,900 people within a 20 km radius from the epicenter. That’s 3 cantons and 27 villages.” More than 1,500 firefighters and rescue workers are currently in the disaster areas according to Xinhua, the Chinese news agency. Some 22,000 pieces of equipment, including tents, coats, blankets and folding beds, have also been sent to the area where the cold is cruelly felt. The affected villages are located at 4,000 and 5,000 meters above sea level. Thousands of people are now homeless and temperatures, which fell to -8°C late Tuesday today, are expected to drop to minus -18°C overnight, according to China’s National Meteorological Bureau. The China Earthquake Network Center located the epicenter in Tingri County, known as the northern gateway…