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Several dead in Tibet after powerful earthquake
A 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit Tibet early Tuesday. Tremors were felt as far away as Nepal.
Published today at 4:04 a.m.
Nepalese authorities said they were checking whether it had caused any damage in Kathmandu. (Pretext image)
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An earthquake killed several people on Tuesday in the Himalayan region of Tibet in southwest China, according to state media, after the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a magnitude 7.1 earthquake in the region.
According to the Xinhua news agency, citing the Tibet Autonomous Region Earthquake Bureau, people “were killed in three communes.” The earthquake was felt as far away as Kathmandu, Nepal.
The USGS reported that the epicenter of the 7.1 magnitude earthquake was in a desert area in China’s Tibet, 93 kilometers from the northeastern Nepalese town of Lobuche, more than 200 kilometers away. kilometers from Kathmandu, in the heart of the Himalayas.
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Nepalese authorities said they were checking whether he had caused any damage in the capital. “It shook quite hard here, everyone is awake but we are not aware of any damage at the moment,” said Jagat Prasad Bhusal, an official in the Namche region in the northeast.
Nepal is located in the heart of the Himalayas, on the divide between the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates, an area where seismic activity is regular. In 2015, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake caused nearly 9,000 deaths and more than 22,000 injuries in the country, destroying more than 500,000 homes.
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