The 7.1 magnitude quake struck in a mountainous area in the Tibet region, near the border with Nepal, at a depth of about six miles.
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page At least 95 people have been killed and more than 130 others wounded in a major earthquake in Tibet . The 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck a mountainous area in the region of Tibet , near the border with Nepal , at a depth of about six miles, according to the US Geological Survey.
The impact of the temblor was felt across the Shigatse region of Tibet, home to 800,000 people. The region is administered by Shigatse city, the traditional seat of the Panchen Lama, one of the most important figures in Tibetan Buddhism. It was illegally annexed by China in the 1950s and remains under occupation to this day.
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