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At least 95 people were known to have been killed and 130 injured on the Tibetan side, China's state-run television reported six hours later. Powerful earthquake kills nearly 100 in Tibet, rattles ...
BEIJING — A strong earthquake killed at least 32 people in Tibet on Tuesday and left many others trapped as dozens of aftershocks shook the region of western China and across the border in Nepal.
More than 14,000 rescue workers have arrived in Tibet to continue the search for survivors after a strong earthquake killed at least 126 people in a remote part of western China. More than 400 ...
BEIJING (Reuters) -More than 400 people trapped by rubble in earthquake-stricken Tibet have been rescued, Chinese officials said on Wednesday, with an unknown number still unaccounted for in ...
A strong magnitude 7.1 earthquake in China's Tibet region near the Nepal border has left at least 95 people dead and 130 injured, according to a report from Reuters citing Chinese state media.
The China Earthquake Networks Center said the seismic sequence was consistent with a mainshock–aftershock type event. Within 200 km (120 mi) of the earthquake's epicenter, only three earthquakes greater than magnitude 6.0 have occurred. [16] In 1936, a M s 6.8 earthquake caused significant destruction and deaths in Kangle County, Gansu. [17]
The China Earthquake Networks Center gave the earthquake a magnitude of M s 7.1, [3] while the United States Geological Survey said the earthquake measured M ww 7.0. [2] It struck at 02:09 CST (18:09 UTC) [4] at a depth of 13 kilometers (8.1 miles). [2] The epicenter was located in a mountainous area with an average altitude of about 3,048 ...
Lions were first presented to the Han court by emissaries from Central Asia and Persia, and were already popularly depicted as guardian figures by the sixth century AD. [3] Today, the guardian lions are more usually specified by reference to the medium or material, for example: Stone lion (石獅; Shíshī): for a stone sculpture; or