Nepal Earthquake Today Magnitude 7.1 Strikes Tibet, Claims 32 Lives

A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Dingri County in Xigaze City, Xizang (Tibet) Autonomous Region, on Tuesday at 9:05 AM Beijing Time, with at least 32 people getting killed and 38 more injured. The China Earthquake Networks Centre determined that it was 28.5°N latitude and 87.45°E longitude and a depth of 10 kilometers.

According to the local disaster relief authorities, the Changsuo Township Tonglai Village has many houses flattened mostly by a strong quake. Special emphasis has been placed on the needy areas, especially in Dingri County, which has been most affected by the disaster; therefore, emergency response social groups have been dispatched to those areas. The Tibet earthquake has called the imperative rescue and relief operations within the area.

The shocks of this dreadful Nepal earthquake today measure were also felt around the entire Tibet-Nepal border area and thus there are actually worries of other sunders. Local government is today conducting a quarrelsome survey and at the same time overseeing the rehabilitation of affected areas in the Xizang Autonomous Region.