53 Dead In Huge Quake Near Mount Everest, Tremors Also Felt In Parts Of
India
According to the National
Centre for Seismology (NCS), the earthquake was recorded at 6:35 am.
New Delhi:
Fifty-three people were killed after an earthquake of magnitude 7.1 hit
Tibet near the Nepalese border today, news agency AFP said quoting Chinese
media Xinhua. The tremors of the earthquake were felt in several parts of
India, including Bihar, Assam and West Bengal.
The epicentre of the earthquake was in Tingri county in Shigatse city.
Tingri is about 400 km southwest of Tibet's capital Lhasa and is on the border
with Nepal. It is a tourism hub for those visiting Mount Everest.
According to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS), the earthquake
was recorded at 6:35 am. NCS data reveals that two more earthquakes hit the
region shortly after the first one.
