China has almost doubled its tally of injured in Tibet's deadly earthquake as rescuers widened a search on Friday for survivors in a remote county near the foothills of the Himalayas, despite dwindling hopes for survival.

The 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck an area that serves as a major stop on the way to the North Base Camp, where adventurers set out to climb Mount Everest.

A strong earthquake shook a mountainous region in western China near Nepal on Tuesday morning, killing at least 32 people.

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, people stand amidst damaged houses in the aftermath of an earthquake in Tonglai Village, Changsuo Township of Dingri in Xigaze, southwestern China’s Tibet Autonomous Region on Tuesday,

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A deadly earthquake struck near the city of Shigatse in Tibet region and was felt in neighboring Nepal and India. The epicenter was in a remote high-altitude region about 50 miles northeast of Mount Everest,

At the request of the Vanuatu government, China has sent four experts to assist with post-earthquake response in the Pacific island country, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said Monday.

At least 126 people were killed in Tibet by this week's earthquake of magnitude 6.8, the fifth-deadliest since 2008, data from China's National Earthquake Data Center shows.

After a devastating earthquake in China's remote Tibet region killed at least 126 people and reduced houses and buildings to rubble, footage of motorists stopping on a shaking bridge was shared in social media posts falsely linking it to the powerful tremor.

Old earthquake footage has resurfaced online in the aftermath of a devastating tremor on January 7 that killed at least 126 people in China's remote Tibet region. One video of a large crack that opened up on a road was shared across social media in several languages,

A quake of magnitude 8.0 that killed 69,227 people in May 2008 was one of China's deadliest natural disasters in decades. Here are some of China's deadliest earthquakes since 2008: APRIL 14, 2010 Magnitude: 7.