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2025.01.07 22:09 GMT+8

Death toll jumps to 126 in Xizang earthquake

Updated 2025.01.07 22:48 GMT+8
CGTN

The death toll from a magnitude-6.8 earthquake that jolted Dingri County in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region on Tuesday morning has jumped to 126 as of 7 p.m. , with 188 others injured, local authorities said. 

Twenty-eight people with serious injuries are being treated at a local hospital, and at least 3,609 houses have collapsed, authorities from Xigaze City said.

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