A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the Himalayas, causing significant damage and casualties in Tibet, China. Over 400 people were rescued from the rubble, while 30,000 residents were relocated. Rescue efforts are ongoing as temperatures plummeted in the high-altitude region.
More than 400 people trapped by a strong earthquake in the foothills of the Himalayas have been rescued, Chinese officials said, while about 30,000 residents have been relocated, as the search for survivors entered a second day. One of the region’s most powerful tremors in recent years, was located in Tingri in China ’s Tibet region, about 80 kilometres north of Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain. It also shook buildings in neighbouring Nepal, Bhutan and India.
The USGS measured the quake at magnitude 7.1. Twenty-four hours after the temblor struck, survivors trapped under rubble will have endured a night in sub-zero temperatures and be at risk of succumbing to hypothermia and dehydration. An initial survey showed 3609 homes had been destroyed in the Shigatse (also Xigaze) region of Tibet, which is home to 800,000 people, Chinese state media reported late on Tuesday, citing local officials. More than 500 people and 106 ambulances had been dispatched to help the injured. At least 126 people were known to have been killed and 188 injured on the Tibetan side, China’s state broadcaster CCTV reported. No deaths have been reported in Nepal or elsewhere. Temperatures in the high-altitude region dropped to as low as minus 18 degrees Celsius overnight, adding to the misery of those left homeless. Tents, food rations, electrical generators and other supplies had reached the site by late on Tuesday, and all sections of road damaged by the temblor had been reopened, CCTV added. South-western parts of China, Nepal and northern India are often hit by earthquakes caused by the collision of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates, which are pushing up an ancient sea that is now the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau. The entire plateau is seismically active, as well as its eastern and northern rims, which overlap with the Chinese provinces and regions of Sichuan, Gansu and Qingha
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