The quake occurred at 9:05 a.m. local time (2:05 a.m. in Euskal Herria) in Tingri province.
At least 53 people have lost their lives and 62 have been injured after one Earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 of size, recorded this Tuesday in Tingri Province in western China Tibetaccording to the local newspaper Nanfang daily.
The earthquake struck at 9:05 a.m. local time (2:05 a.m. in the Basque Country) in Tingri Province, Shigatse Prefecture at a depth of 10 kilometers, according to the China Seismological Networks Center.
Most deaths have been reported in the aforementioned province of Tingri, where authorities say more than a thousand houses have also collapsed. Nanfang daily. Of the remaining victims, at least two were reported in nearby Lhaze County.
The President of China, Xi Jinpinghas ordered “to make all possible efforts to carry out the search and rescue operations” of the population. He therefore asked to treat the injured, minimize the number of casualties, prevent secondary disasters and relocate those affected.
Tingri Governor Tashi Dundup has indicated that the safe evacuation of the population to avoid its impact replicas of the earthquake, while officers have been deployed to conduct search and rescue operations.
Source: EITB
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