Rescue workers after the earthquake, in Changsuo, in the Tibet autonomous region (China), photo published by the Xinhua news agency, January 7, 2025. LIU YOUSHENG/AP It was 9 a.m. (2 a.m. in France) , Tuesday, January 7, when the earth shook in Dingri, a rural county in southern Tibet, the autonomous region in southwest China. Under the power of the earthquake, of magnitude 6.8, according to the Chinese national earthquake agency (7.1 according to the American Geological Survey), the walls of the houses collapsed, making at least 126 victims and 188 injured, latest report communicated by the official Xinhua news agency, Tuesday at 7 p.m. It specifies that 6,900 people lived less than 20 kilometers from the epicenter. On Wednesday morning, thousands of rescuers and soldiers were still working to try to pull residents out of the rubble. But the temperatures, between − 8 ºC during the day and – 18 ºC at night, in these areas located at an altitude of 4,200 meters, at the foot of the Himalayas, about 75 kilometers from Everest, leave little hope to find survivors. Numerous aftershocks were recorded in the hours that followed. You have 80.24% of this article left to read. The rest is reserved for subscribers.
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Publish date : 2025-01-08 13:13:50
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