AT LEAST 53 people have died after a devastating earthquake ripped through one of Tibet’s holiest cities.
The massive 7.1 magnitude disaster collapsed “many buildings” in Shigatse as well as causing havoc in parts of Nepal and India.
The quake has also left dozens injured with the number set to rise in the coming hours, the China Earthquake Networks Centre (CENC) has warned.
The CENC said in a statement today: “Fifty-three people have been confirmed dead, and 62 others injured as of Tuesday noon, after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake jolted Dingri County in the city of Xigaze in Xizang Autonomous Region at 9:05 am Tuesday,”
Hours later the US Geological Survey reported the tremor as a magnitude 7.1.
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