53 Dead in Powerful 6.8-Magnitude Earthquake in Tibet – Quake Shakes Nepal, India, and Bhutan
A powerful Tibet earthquake 2025 struck Tingri County at 9:05 a.m. local time (01:05 GMT) on January 7, 2025. According to the China Earthquake Networks Centre (CENC), the magnitude was 6.8 with a shallow depth of 10 km. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) later upgraded it to magnitude 7.1. The epicenter was within the Everest region, about 80 km north of Mount Everest. This Himalayan earthquake caused widespread shaking across southwestern China, Nepal, Bhutan, and northern India.
Official reports confirm at least 53 fatalities and 62 injuries in Tibet, though some Tibetan sources estimate as many as 126 or more deaths. This seismic event underscores the ongoing vulnerability of the Himalayan region to major earthquakes due to the collision between the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates. The earthquake is part of a continuing sequence of seismic activity in the Himalayan seismic zone.
