Scores killed as magnitude-6.8 earthquake rocks Tibet region
The CENC said in a statement today: “Fifty-three people have been confirmed dead, and 62 others injured as of Tuesday afternoon, after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake jolted Dingri County in the city of Xigaze in Xizang Autonomous Region at 9.05am Tuesday,” Hours later the US Geological Survey (USGC) reported the tremor as a magnitude 7.1.