{"id":40410,"date":"2025-01-06T22:29:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T03:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/strong-earthquake-hits-western-china\/06\/01\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-01-06T22:29:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T03:29:35","slug":"strong-earthquake-hits-western-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/strong-earthquake-hits-western-china\/06\/01\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Strong Earthquake Hits Western China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit western China near the border with Nepal on Tuesday, according to the United States Geological Survey.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The quake struck shortly after 9 a.m. at a depth of 6.2 miles in Dingri County in the Tibet region of China, Chinese state media reported.<span class=\"css-8l6xbc evw5hdy0\">  <\/span>The state-run news agency Xinhua <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"http:\/\/www.news.cn\/politics\/20250107\/e47cbff655a2431f9c610d8723ebb37a\/c.html\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said there had been deaths<\/a> in at least three townships. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Several aftershocks were felt in the area, including in Nepal. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The earthquake\u2019s epicenter was recorded in Shigatse City, the second-largest city in Tibet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Himalayan region is prone to powerful earthquakes. In 2015, a quake in Nepal with a magnitude of 7.8 killed nearly 9,000 people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">This is a developing story.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Berry Wang<!-- --> contributed research.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/06\/world\/asia\/china-tibet-nepal-quake.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit western China near the border with Nepal on Tuesday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/strong-earthquake-hits-western-china\/06\/01\/2025\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40410"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}