In this photo released by China’s official Xinhua news agency, people stand amid damaged houses in the aftermath of an earthquake in Tonglai Village, Dingri in the Tibetan Autonomous Region on 7 January. Photograph: Anonymous/AP
At least 53 dead after strong earthquake
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the earthquake in Tibet.
The quake struck near one of Tibet’s holiest cities, the China Earthquake Networks Centre (CENC) has said, killing at least 53 people and collapsing “many buildings” with tremors also felt in neighbouring Nepal’s capital Kathmandu and parts of India.
The quake struck Dingri county with a magnitude of 6.8 near the border with Nepal on Tuesday morning, according to the China Earthquake Networks Centre (CENC). The US Geological Survey reported the tremor as magnitude 7.1.
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