The hydropower dam, in quake-prone Tibet, is set to be the world’s biggest. But China has said little about the project, ...

A strong earthquake shook a mountainous region in western China near Nepal on Tuesday morning, killing at least 32 people.

As rescue workers waded through rubble in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in China's remote Tibet region in January 2025 ...

Beijing — A strong earthquake killed at least 126 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.

The Jan. 7 quake in Tibet, the fifth-deadliest in China since the 2008 Sichuan temblor, destroyed more than 3,600 houses and ...

By Wednesday evening, more than 500 aftershocks had been recorded, 27 of which had magnitudes of 3.0 and above, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center. Tibet is one of the most ...

The death toll stood at 126 as of Tuesday evening. The quake struck the city of Xigaze, the traditional seat of the Panchen Lama, the second-highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism.

The epicentre was around 80 km north of Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain and a popular destination for climbers ...

Days after China said that the 6.8-magnitude earthquake did not cause any damage to dams in Tibet, it has been forced to ...

open image in gallery A still from a video shows cracks on the walls of a restaurant in Lhatse County in China's Tibet after an earthquake struck the area (UGC/AFP via Getty) Tents, food rations ...

A powerful earthquake has rocked the northern foothills of the Himalayas near one of Tibet’s holiest cities, killing at least 53 people and shaking buildings in neighbouring Nepal, Bhutan and India.

Chinese authorities in Tibet have detected problems, including cracks, at five out of 14 hydropower dams that they have ...