A strong earthquake killed more than 100 people in Tibet and left many others trapped in the autonomous region of western China, state media say.

Chinese authorities in Tibet have detected problems, including cracks, at five out of 14 hydropower dams that they have inspected since a magnitude 6.8 earthquake rocked the southwest region last week,

BEIJING/KATHMANDU- A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck the foothills of the Himalayas near one of Tibet's holiest cities on Tuesday, killing at least 95 people and collapsing hundreds of houses, Chinese authorities said. The earthquake's epicentre was ...

A rural county in the Chinese region of Tibet, still feeling tremors from last week’s magnitude 6.8 earthquake, was jolted on Monday night by two powerful aftershocks barely a minute apart.

BEIJING (AP) — A strong earthquake shook a high-altitude region of western China and areas of Nepal on Tuesday, damaging hundreds of houses, littering streets with rubble and killing at least ...

BEIJING/KATHMANDU (Reuters) -A strong earthquake struck the foothills of the Himalayas near one of Tibet's holiest cities on Tuesday, killing at least 126 people and flattening hundreds of houses, Chinese authorities said. The magnitude 6.8 quake's ...

BEIJING: A magnitude 6.8 earthquake rocked the northern foothills of the Himalayas near one of Tibet's holiest cities on Tuesday (Jan 7), Chinese authorities said, killing at least 126 people and flattening hundreds of houses,

BEIJING (AP) — Earthquake in western China has killed 95 people and injured 130 others, state media report.

An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 jolted the foothills of Himalayas Tuesday. While the epicentre was Tibet, tremors were also felt in Nepal, Bhutan, and India.

At least 126 people in Tibet have been killed, and dozen others are still trapped after a 6.8 magnitude tremor struck Tibet’s Tingri county. India expressed its condolences.

BEIJING — A strong earthquake shook a high-altitude region of western China and areas of Nepal on Tuesday, damaging hundreds of houses, littering streets with rubble and killing at least 95 people in Tibet. Many others were trapped as dozens of aftershocks shook the remote region.

The Jan. 7 quake in Tibet, the fifth-deadliest in China since the 2008 Sichuan temblor, destroyed more than 3,600 houses and damaged religious structures, with aftershocks of up to 5.0 in magnitude still shaking the area.