“In the most affected villages, 80-90% of homes collapsed.”

Rescue workers after the earthquake in Changsu, Tibet Autonomous Region (China), photo published by Xinhua News Agency, January 7, 2025. LIU YOUSHENG / AP

It was 9 a.m. (2 a.m. French time) on Tuesday, January 7, when the ground shook in Dingri, a rural county in southern Tibet, an autonomous region in southwestern China. Under the force of the quake, which measured 6.8, according to the China National Earthquake Agency (7.1 according to the USGS), the walls of houses collapsed, killing at least 126 people and injuring 188, according to the latest death toll published by the China National Earthquake Agency. China's official Xinhua News Agency at 7:00 pm on Tuesday. She added that 6,900 people live within 20 kilometers of the epicenter.

On Wednesday morning, thousands of rescue workers and soldiers were still busy trying to pull people out of the rubble. However, the temperatures, ranging from -8°C during the day to -18°C at night, in these areas of the Himalayan foothills, located at an altitude of 4,200 meters, about 75 kilometers from Mount Everest, do not leave much hope. In finding survivors. Several aftershocks were recorded in the hours following the earthquake.

According to images broadcast by the national television channel CCTV and social media, the small white houses in the area, common in the Chinese countryside, have turned into piles of bricks, blocks of ash or even stones, for the oldest of them. Some showed bodies trapped under the rubble, while rescuers in orange uniforms were busy working. Others showed dead livestock and residents screaming in terror from the rubble. Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called for “every effort to be made to carry out search and rescue operations and treat the wounded,” according to CCTV. He added that “everything must be done to reduce the loss of life” and “transport those affected.”

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