At least 95 people were killed in a 7.1-magnitude earthquake in Tibet, and tremors were felt in several countries.

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At least 95 people were killed and 130 others injured in a powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake that struck China's mountainous Tibet region, with tremors felt across Nepal, Bhutan and India.

The US Geological Survey said that the earthquake, which occurred at 9:05 a.m. local time, was centered in Tibet's Tengri County in the city of Shigatze at a depth of about 10 kilometers.

The epicenter of the earthquake was in the Chinese rural province known as the northern gateway to the Everest region. The Chinese Earthquake Center estimated the magnitude of the earthquake at 6.8.

About 130 others were injured on the Tibetan side of the border, Xinhua News Agency reported.

Chinese President Xi Jinping said comprehensive search and rescue efforts should be made to reduce human casualties, properly resettle those affected, and ensure a safe and warm winter.

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Nepalese people look on after leaving their homes after being exposed to an earthquake in Kathmandu (AFP)

Videos showed collapsed shops following the quake in the nearby town of Lats, with debris strewn on the road.

Government official Jagat Prasad Bhosale in Nepal's Namchi district told AFP: “We shook strongly here. Everyone is awake, but we don't know any damage yet.”

Mount Everest tours in Tingri, where foreign climbers come to prepare for the ascent, were canceled on Tuesday morning, according to a tourism employee who spoke to local media. They also confirmed that the tourist area has been completely closed.

The tremors were felt in India, Bhutan and Bangladesh, forcing people to leave their homes. India, Nepal and Bhutan have not yet reported any casualties from the earthquake.

Nepal's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA) said the tremor was felt by residents of seven mountainous areas bordering Tibet.

“So far, we have not received any information about any loss of life or property,” Dizan Bhattarai, spokesman for the authority, told Reuters. He added: “We have mobilized the police, security forces and local authorities to collect information.”

“A reporter learned from the Earthquake Bureau of the Tibet Autonomous Region that people died in three towns, including Changsu Town, Kulu Town and Kugu Town in Dengri County,” Xinhua News Agency reported. She added that many buildings collapsed in Tingri County following the earthquake.

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Nepalese people stand after leaving their homes after being exposed to an earthquake in Kathmandu (AFP)

The tremors were felt in the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu, about 400 kilometers from the epicenter, where residents fled their homes.

“We felt a very strong earthquake. So far we have not received any report of injuries or physical losses,” said Anuj Raj Ghimire, chief official of Solukhumbu district in Nepal.

“We have mobilized police and other security forces as well as local residents to collect information about the damage,” he told Reuters.

The epicenter was located where the Indian and Eurasian plates collided and caused uplifts in the Himalayas strong enough to change the heights of some of the highest peaks in the world.

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The epicenter was recorded about 177 km southwest of Shigatse, Tibet (EPA).

There are about a handful of communities within 5 kilometers of the epicenter, which is 380 kilometers from the Tibetan capital, CCTV reported.

There have been 29 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or higher within 200 km of the Shigatse quake in the past five years, all of which were smaller than the quake that struck Tuesday morning.

In November 2023, a 5.6-magnitude earthquake shook northwestern Nepal, killing at least 138 people and injuring dozens.

In 2015, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck near Kathmandu in neighboring Nepal, killing about 9,000 people and injuring thousands in the country's worst earthquake.

A huge earthquake struck Sichuan Province, southwest China, in 2008, killing nearly 70,000 people.

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