126 killed, 188 injured after earthquake of magnitude 7.1 hits Tibet

The centre of the quake was 93 km North East of Lobuche, Nepal and struck the region at 06:35:16 IST today

  At least 126 people were reportedly killed and 188 were injured after a strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 on the Richter Scale hit Tibet near Nepal border, Chinese media reported. Tremors were also felt in parts of Bihar and India's Northeast.  According to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS), the earthquake was recorded at 6:35 AM (IST) and occurred at a depth of 93 kilometers, northeast of Lobuche in Nepal. A relatively weaker earthquake of magnitude 4.2 was recorded almost an hour before the massive quake hit the region. Overall, the region was hit by nine earthquakes in over three hours this morning, all over the magnitude of 4.2.

 

#WATCH | Earthquake tremors felt in Bihar's Sheohar as an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 on the Richter Scale hit 93 km North East of Lobuche, Nepal at 06:35:16 IST today pic.twitter.com/D3LLphpHkU

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  Tremors were felt in central Nepal and Kathmandu.   Meera Adhikari, a resident of Kathmandu, said to an agency, "I was sleeping at the time (when earthquake struck). The bed was shaking and I thought my child was moving the bed, I didn’t pay that much attention but the shaking of window prompted me that it’s an earthquake. I then hurriedly called my child and evacuated the house and came to the open ground."  Another local, a resident of Bihar explained how his chair suddenly started shaking. 

#WATCH | Sheohar, Bihar | A local, Dinesh Kumar Singh says, "Suddenly the chair and fan started shaking; everyone rushed towards road..." pic.twitter.com/3dgXHvqUYM

— ANI (@ANI) January 7, 2025

 (With agency inputs)