Drama on Mount Everest: Earthquake demands numerous victims in Tibet!

Drama on Mount Everest: Earthquake demands numerous victims in Tibet!

Kreis Tingri, Tibet, China - In Tibet, a devastating earthquake of the thickness of 6.8 at least 53 people cost their lives, as the state news agency Xinhua reported. The quake shook the region on Mount Everest, about 400 kilometers west of Lhasa, and led to the collapse of numerous houses. According to reports from Chinese state television CCTV, many injuries are to be complained about, and the rescue work is underway. Residents are evacuated to protect them from possible aftershogs. While the Chinese authorities specify a magnitude of 6.8, the USGS determined a thickness of 7.1. Pictures on social media show shaken cities with ruins, and many municipalities are affected in the region. Earthquakes in this area are not uncommon, since the Indian and the Eurasian disk encounter and cause such natural disasters, Today.at in Sichuan 2008, which demanded around 70,000 lives.

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. The epicenter was in Kerkrade at a depth of five kilometers and was caused by tectonic faults that are common in the region.