China: Earthquake: 2025/01/07

Period	2025/01/07
Country or District	China
Event Type	Earthquake
Outline	A magnitude 6.8 earthquake rocked the northern foothills of the Himalayas near one of Tibet's holiest cities on Tuesday, 7 January 2025, killing at least nine people.

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Xinhua 2025/01/07
A total of 126 people have been confirmed dead and 188 others injured after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake jolted the southwest Xizang Autonomous Region of China on Tuesday morning, toppling thousands of rural houses on the northern slope of the Himalayas.

Reuters 2025/01/07
Powerful earthquake kills nearly 100 in Tibet, rattles Nepal

Xinhua 2025/01/07
Fifty-three people have been confirmed dead, and 62 others injured as of Tuesday (7 January 2025) noon.

Reuters 2025/01/07
The quake hit at 9:05 a.m. (0105 GMT), with its epicentre located in Tingri, a rural county known as the northern gateway to the Everest region, at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), according to the China Earthquake Networks Centre.

Geographycal Data

ECHO 2025/01/08
China: 7.1 M earthquake of 7 January, DG ECHO Daily Map, 08/01/2025

International Charter 2025/01/08
Earthquake in China

WFP 2025/01/07
Earthquake in Xizang Zizhiqu, China, Shake Map, 07 January 2025 (01:38:22 GMT)

Sentinel Asia 2025/01/07
Earthquake in Xizang, Southwest China on 7 January, 2025

USGS 2025/01/07
M 7.1 - 2025 Xizang, China Earthquake, Time: 2025-01-07 01:05:16 (UTC), Depth: 10.0 km