A powerful earthquake struck the foothills of the Himalayas near one of Tibet’s holiest places on Tuesday, killing at least 126 individuals, injuring about 188 more and flattening hundreds of houses, Chinese authorities said. Houses in Nepal, Bhutan, and India were also shook by earthquakes.
The disaster, according to the US Geological Survey, had a magnitude of 7.1 and was about 10 kilometers deep. The disaster network’s center in China recorded a scale of 6.8. Shallow earthquakes frequently result in more harm.
The centre was in Tibet’s Tingri state, 75km north of Mount Everest, the nation’s highest rock. Three settlements and 27 settlements lie within 20 km of the centre, with a full population of around 6, 900, and over 1, 000 properties have been damaged. The impact was felt across Shigatse area of Tibet, house to 8, 00, 000 people. Many of the houses in Shigatse town were completely destroyed.
Adding to the pain for those left poor, heat in the region had fallen to -6C later on Tuesday, and were forecast to drop as low as minus -16C immediately. The Dalai Lama, Tibet’s spiritual leader who fled to India in first 1959 after a failed revolt against Chinese law, said he was greatly saddened. ” I offer my prayer”, he said.
Chinese President Xi Jinping urged the fullest of search and rescue efforts to reduce fatalities and rehabilitate the injured. Tibet is governed by Beijing, which rejects condemnation from right organizations and exiles who accuse it of violating Tibetan people’s religious and cultural rights.
China closed the Mountain region to tourists after the collapse, Xinhua reported. Winter is certainly a popular time of year for climbers. A German man had a force to walk, but he had already left bottom tent after failing to reach the summit. He was the only climber with a permit. More than 3, 000 rescuers and volunteers have been deployed, CCTV said.
Southwestern China, Nepal, and north India are frequently affected by earthquakes brought on by the motion of the Indian and Asian tectonic plates. Houses in Nepal were damaged by the quake, but no one died there. There were no casualties or property damage in Bhutan’s money Thimpu and the Indian state of Bihar as a result of the earthquake.
Concerns about China’s most recent plan to construct the largest reservoir in the world over the Brahmaputra or Yarlung Tsangpo valley close to Arunachal Pradesh are being raised by the earthquake.
