China recorded the magnitude as 6.8. The U.S. Geological Survey said it measured 7.1, with an epicenter some 50 miles ...
A major earthquake hit a secluded region of Tibet on the morning of January 7, resulting in considerable destruction.
The magnitude 6.8 quake's epicentre was in China's Tibet region, about 80 km (50 miles) north of Mount Everest, the world's ...