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Nine people dead after strong earthquake in China | World News

At least nine people have died in a strong earthquake in China.

The 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck in a mountainous area in the autonomous Tibet region, near the border with Nepal, shortly after 9.05am on Tuesday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Centre.

The US Geological Survey (USGS) said it had recorded a 7.1 magnitude earthquake, centred in the Tibet region.

State broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) cited the Ministry of Emergency Management for the number of dead, but did not say what caused their deaths.

The broadcaster said the epicentre was in the Tingri region, around 380 kilometres (240 miles) from Tibet’s capital Lhasa and about 23 kilometres (14 miles) from the region’s second-largest city of Shigatse – also known as Xigaze.

The earthquake was also reportedly felt In Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu.

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The epicentre was reportedly about 23 kilometres (14 miles) from Shigatse – also known as Xigaze

It struck in an area where the Indian and Eurasian plates clash, forming the Himalayan mountains.

There have been 10 earthquakes of at least magnitude 6 in the area where Tuesday’s quake hit over the past century, the USGS said.

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake killed some 9,000 people and damaged about 1 million structures in Nepal in 2015.

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