Important Takeaways:
- A strong earthquake shook a high-altitude region of Tibet and areas of Nepal on Tuesday, damaging hundreds of houses, littering streets with rubble and killing at least 126 people in Tibet. Many others were trapped as dozens of aftershocks shook the remote region.
- At least 188 people were injured in Tibet on the Chinese side of the border, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
- More than 1,000 homes were damaged in the barren and sparsely populated region, state broadcaster CCTV reported. In video posted by the broadcaster, building debris littered streets and crushed cars.
- The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake measured magnitude 7.1 and was relatively shallow at a depth of about 10 kilometers (6 miles). China’s Earthquake Networks Center recorded the magnitude as 6.8. Shallow earthquakes often cause more damage.
- About 150 aftershocks were recorded in the nine hours after the earthquake, and the Mount Everest scenic area on the Chinese side was closed.
- Chinese leader Xi Jinping called for all-out efforts to rescue people, minimize casualties and resettle those whose homes were damaged. More than 3,000 rescuers were deployed, CCTV said.
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Important Takeaways:
- A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 that killed at least 96 people in western China near Nepal on Tuesday was one of the country’s deadliest in recent years.
- Earthquakes in China happen most frequently on the Tibetan Plateau or its fringes. The seismically active area is where the India and Eurasia plates clash and cause uplifts that can be strong enough to change the heights of Himalayan peaks.
- In May 2008, a 7.9 earthquake in Sichuan province in the southwest killed nearly 90,000 people. The collapse of schools and other buildings led to a yearslong effort to rebuild using more quake-resistant materials.
- Here’s a list of major recent earthquakes:
- — May 2008: A magnitude 7.9 earthquake leaves nearly 90,000 people dead or missing and presumed dead in Sichuan province.
- — April 2010: A magnitude 7.1 earthquake kills 2,698 people in Qinghai province.
- — April 2013: A magnitude 7.0 earthquake kills 196 people in Sichuan.
- — July 2013: A magnitude 6.6 earthquake kills 95 people in Gansu province.
- — Aug. 2014: A magnitude 6.1 earthquake kills 617 people in Yunnan province.
- — Sept. 2022: A magnitude 6.8 earthquake kills 93 people in Sichuan.
- — Dec. 2023: A magnitude 6.2 earthquake kills at least 126 people in Gansu and Qinghai provinces.
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