Earthquake update: An earthquake with magnitude 7.1 hit the Tibet region of China this morning. Many people got injured and 95 died so far due to the earthquake. Treatment of the injured people is going in the hospital. The government is rescuing the trapped people from the debris with the help of drones.
The earthquake recorded 7.1 magnitude on the Richter scale. An emergency is declared in Tibet. 95 people lost their lives in the earthquake so far and as per the information, more than 130 people have been injured.
Due to such a hard earthquake, the buildings collapsed and created panic among the people. The neighboring countries of China including Nepal, Bhutan, and India have also felt the shakiness wave of earthquake.
According to the source, The epicenter of the earthquake was Tibet, and many regions of India also felt the earthquake as Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh including Delhi NCR.
Due to the earthquake, there is sadness everywhere in Tibet. The Chinese army has participated in rescuing the people. According to the information, the Chinese Army has not reached every village.
The earthquake of 7.1 magnitude has caused massive destruction in Tibet this morning. The dead bodies are coming out of the debris. The people are fighting between life and death. Those who survived fighting with hunger.
Shakiness of earthquakes felt many times.
According to the United States Geological Survey, the earthquake occurred 93 km northeast of Lobuche near the Nepal-Tibet border at 6.35 am. The shock wave of the earthquake was also felt in various parts of Delhi, North India, and Nepal on Tuesday Morning.
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China said due to the earthquake 95 people lost their lives in the Tibet region near the Nepal Border. The epicenter of the earthquake was located on the plates of India and Eurasia collided.
The people from Kathmandu the capital of Nepal stated they rushed out of their homes due to the heavy shakiness of the earth. Kathmandu resident Mira Adhikari told news agency ANI “We were sleeping and the bed started shaking. We thought the children were shaking the bed first. I didn’t give that attention to them, then I realized the windows were shaking due to the earthquake and I called the child and ran out of the house.”