At least 126 people were killed and hundreds of dwellings were flattened Tuesday when a powerful earthquake slammed the foothills of the Himalayas close to one of Tibet’s holiest cities, according to Chinese officials. The epicentre of the magnitude 6.8 earthquake was located roughly 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of the highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest. Buildings in neighboring Bhutan, India, and Nepal were also shaken by the tremors.
800,000 people live in the Shigatse district of Tibet, which was affected. Shigatse City, the traditional residence of the Panchen Lama, one of the most significant personalities in Tibetan Buddhism, serves as the administrative centre for the area.
According to footage supplied by Tibet Fire and Rescue, several homes in Shigatse city were reduced to rubble. It revealed that rescuers combed through the wreckage of a destroyed house and extracted one injured person.
Temperatures in the area dropped to minus 6 degrees Celsius (21 degrees Fahrenheit) late Tuesday, and overnight lows of minus 16 degrees Celsius (3 degrees F) were predicted, further compounding the suffering of those left homeless.
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