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Powerful earthquake kills at least 53 in Tibet, rattles Nepal (www.reuters.com)

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A magnitude 6.8 earthquake, opens new tab rocked the northern foothills of the Himalayas near one of Tibet's holiest cities on Tuesday, Chinese authorities said, killing at least 53 people and shaking buildings in neighbouring Nepal, Bhutan and India. The quake hit at 9:05 a.m. (0105 GMT), with its epicentre located in Tingri, a rural Chinese county known as the northern gateway to the Everest region, at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), according to the China Earthquake Networks Centre. The U.S. Geological Service put the quake's magnitude at 7.1.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I assume the mountains see a lot of tectonic activity, but 6.8-7.1 sounds pretty intense still. Hope the deaths don't climb too much.