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Beijing: The devastating earthquake that struck Tibet on Tuesday morning has robbed many people of their homes. It has become very difficult for the survivors who have lost their homes in this terrible disaster to find shelter to protect themselves from the cold and to keep their heads covered. Rescue workers engaged in relief and rescue work continued to search for survivors and victims on Wednesday. A Communist Party leader who lost his mother, while describing the horror of the earthquake, said that no one even got a chance to run away.
At least 126 people died in the earthquake
Let us tell you that thousands of houses were destroyed in this earthquake and at least 126 people died. Tents, quilts and other relief materials are being delivered to provide shelter to those whose houses have become uninhabitable after the earthquake. The temperature at night in the area with an average height of about 13,800 feet had dropped well below 0. By Tuesday evening, the death toll due to the earthquake had reached 126 and 188 others were injured. The earthquake occurred about 75 kilometers away from Mount Everest and the Nepal border.
Tremors were also felt in Kathmandu
In Nepal’s capital Kathmandu too, people came out of their homes in panic due to the earthquake tremors. Tsering Phuntsog, the Communist Party chief of Gurum village in Tibet, told China’s state news agency ‘Xinhua’ on Tuesday that at least 22 of the 222 residents of Gurum were among the dead. His 74-year-old mother was also among those who lost their lives in the earthquake, while many of his other relatives are still buried under the rubble. Tsering Phuntsog said, ‘When the earthquake struck, even the youth could not come out of their houses, forget about the old and children.’
‘1850 rescue teams deployed’
‘Xinhua’, quoting the city administration in Shigatse, said that according to the initial survey, more than 3,600 houses have collapsed and 30,000 people have been transferred. Let us tell you that Shigatse is called Shigaje by the people of China. Chinese media has said that apart from the fire brigade and others, the Ministry of Emergency Management has deployed 1,850 rescue teams. After the earthquake, more than 500 aftershocks have been recorded. The US Geological Survey had reported the magnitude of the earthquake to be 7.1 on the Richter scale, while the China Earthquake Center recorded the magnitude of 6.8.
