At least eight people have been killed in an avalanche that struck a tunnel exit near the southeastern Tibetan city of Nyingchi on Tuesday night.
Many cars were overturned by the avalanche, which left the road covered in snow, a local resident who (...)
For the first time, travelers in Tibet can enjoy the area's mountainous views at high-speed. A 435-kilometer (250-mile) rail line connecting Tibetan capital Lhasa with the city of Nyingchi entered into service on June 25, giving all 31 (...)
Traffic on a national highway in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region has been suspended as a result of a mudslide early on Tuesday morning.
The mudslide occurred at 4 a.m. on a section of the No. 318 National Highway in Bomi County in Nyingchi (...)
A trunk road linking Tibet with neighboring Sichuan Province was blocked by a landslide Sunday morning, after a minor earth tremor hit Nyingchi Region in Tibet.
The earthquake measuring 3.1 on the Richter Scale hit Nyingchi Prefecture in southwest (...)
Dozens of people were trapped after a large-scale landslide hit a mining area in Tibet Friday morning, local authorities said.
The landslide happened at about 6 a.m. in Maizhokunggar County of Lhasa, the regional capital, trapping dozens of workers (...)
Three houses collapsed, one person was injured and telecommunications services suspended in some parts of the Tibet Autonomous Region in southwest China after an earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale jolted India Sunday night.
With the (...)
Local authorities said no casualties or property damages have been reported after an earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale jolted Tibet at 3:40 a.m. Tuesday.
The quake struck the sparsely-populated Nyima County of Nagqu Prefecture in the (...)
Akhir 22, 1432 / March 27, 2011, SPA -- Rescuers trudged through rugged territory and fought freezing temperatures on Sunday as they continued to search for ten people who were swept away by an avalanche in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region (...)
Akhir 10, 1432 / March 15, 2011, SPA -- At least 16 people were killed and 21 others injured in a road accident in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region Monday morning, government sources said early Tuesday.
The accident took place at around (...)
Hijjah 24, 1431 / Nov. 30, 2010, SPA -- An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale jolted Damxung County in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region at 4:39 p.m. Beijing Time Tuesday.
The epicenter of the quake was located at 29.8 degrees (...)
Five people have been diagnosed of pneumonic plague in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region and one of them has died, health authorities confirmed Sunday.
All the five cases were reported in Latok Village, Nangxian County of Nyingchi (...)
Rainstorms and snow in late April killed five in Zayu County, in southwestern China's Tibet Autonomous Region, and one is still missing, a local official said here Sunday.
Close to 10,700 people, or about 45 percent of the county's rural (...)
Two earthquakes measuring 5.7 and 5.5 magnitudes on the Richter Scale struck southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region within an hour on Wednesday, said the China Earthquake Networks Center.
The first 5.7-magnitude quake occurred at around 10:06 (...)
More than 3,000 people in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous region were affected by a strong earthquake that jolted neighboring Bhutan Monday afternoon, Xinhua reported.
The quake has left 11 people dead in Bhutan.
The 6.3-magnitude quake, with (...)
A strong earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale jolted Bhutan Monday afternoon, Xinhua quoted the China Earthquake Networks Center as saying.
The tremor, with the epicenter at 27.3 degrees north latitude and 91.5 degrees east longitude, (...)
Five people died and four were injured when a speeding truck overturned in a Tibetan county on Wednesday morning, Xinhua quoted local authorities as saying.
The accident occurred at 7 a.m. when the truck carrying telegraph poles in Conjo County, (...)
Two earthquakes just 14 minutes apart and measuring 5.1 and 5.2 on the Richter scale hit Xigaze in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region on Wednesday, Xinhua reported.
No casualties were reported.
The two quakes jolted Zhongba County in Xigaze (...)
Heavy rain triggered a landslide in Tibet early on Friday, causing a collapse on the China-Nepal Highway and stranding more than 1,000 people, Xinhua reported.
A 110-meter section of the road, about 2 km from the Zham Port, was destroyed after the (...)
