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

Videos posted by China’s ministry of emergency management ... The impact of the powerful earthquake was felt across the Shigatse region of Tibet, one of the holiest sites in Buddhism which ...

China's overuse of water energy is triggering earthquakes in Tibet. The massive dam digging is triggering earthquakes and ...

Shigatse city is renowned for its Tashilhunpo Monastery, a major tourist attraction today. This area, as indeed much of southwestern China, is sadly earthquake prone. Its magnificent scenery is ...

A search and rescue dog from Chongqing has captured online attention thanks to its rescue efforts across several villages in Lhatse county, Shigatse of the Xizang autonomous region. Photos of the dog, ...

Around 9 a.m. local time, the earthquake struck Tibet's holy city of Shigatse, according to the BBC. Multiple aftershocks affected the "high-altitude region of western China and across the border ...

As rescue workers waded through rubble in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in China's remote Tibet region in January 2025, a picture of Tibetan Buddhist monks clearing debris circulated in posts ...

The epicentre of the earthquake, which hit just after 9am on Tuesday, was in the county of Tingri near the city of Xigaze – also known as Shigatse – the China Earthquake Networks Centre said.

Videos published by China’s state broadcaster CCTV showed ... lots of houses collapsed,” the 34-year-old, who returned home from Shigatse after the quake struck, told AFP by phone.

of the Shigatse quake epicentre in the past five years, all of which were smaller than the most recent. A huge earthquake in China’s Sichuan province in 2008 killed almost 70,000 people.

More than 14,000 rescue workers have arrived in Tibet to continue the search for survivors after a strong earthquake killed at least 126 people in a remote part of western China.

Home to some 60,000 people, Tingri is Tibet’s most populous county on China’s border with Nepal and is administered from Shigatse, the traditional seat of the Panchen Lama, one of the most ...