A magnitude 6.8 earthquake, shaken the seismic activity of northern foothills of the Himalayas Tibet on Tuesday, Chinese authorities claimed almost 95 people have lost their lives and more than 100 were injured and buildings tremors in neighbouring Nepal, Bhutan and India.
The earthquake hit at 9:05 a.m with its epicentre located in Tingri, a rural area, according to the China Earthquake Networks Centre. The U.S. Geological Service counted the seismic’s magnitude at 7.1.
At least 95 people have lost their lives and 130 badly injured on the Tibetan side, China’s state-run television reported. There were no reports of deaths in other areas Southwestern parts of China, Nepal and northern India are consecutively struck by earthquakes caused by the collision of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates.
Tuesday’s epicentre was around 80 km north of Mount Everest. Winter is not a popular period for climbers and hikers in Nepal, but a German climber alone mountaineer with a permit to climb Mount Everest. He had already left the base camp after failing to reach the summit, Lilathar Awasthi, a Department of Tourism official said in a statement.
Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA) said the tremors were sensed in seven hill districts bordering Tibet.
“For now we have not received any details of any loss of life and property,” NDRRMA spokesman Dizan Bhattarai said, “We have mobilised police, security forces and local authorities to gather details,” he said.
Many rural regions in the Nepalese border area, which are less populated, are remote and can only be reached by foot.
