In Tibet (China), a magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit the canton of Tingri on the night of 6 to 7 January. It has already claimed more than hundred lives and injured dozens more. Emergency services are on site and aftershocks are still occurring.
Not far from the Chinese side of Mount Everest, in the Himalayan region of Tibet, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake (according to China’s national earthquake agency (CENC)) struck on the night of Monday 6 to Tuesday 7 January. The township of Tingri (or Dingri) and its inhabitants were shaken and ‘many buildings collapsed near the epicentre’, quotes Le Monde from a source on Chinese state television CCTV. Located in south-west China, the earthquake was felt as far away as neighbouring Nepal.
In this region, more than 70 earthquakes of a magnitude greater than 4 are recorded every year, causing dozens of deaths each time. For the first one in 2025, the US Geological Survey (USGS) has predicted a magnitude 7.1 earthquake in the region.
Damage in Tingri province, Tibet (China). ©China Daily
At least 125 people are thought to have lost their lives, with a further 130 injured, according to the latest report. On site, around a thousand firefighters and rescue workers are searching for survivors in the rubble and distributing emergency supplies. Le Monde reports that ‘China News said local authorities were visiting the various communes in the township “to assess the repercussions of the earthquake”’. The repercussions were such that the earthquake and its aftershocks hit