A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck the foothills of the Himalayas near one of Tibet’s holiest cities on Tuesday, killing at least 126 people and flattening hundreds of houses and causing tremors felt in Nepal, Bhutan and India.
Many others were injured and trapped as dozens of aftershocks shook the remote region. Rescue workers climbed mounds of broken bricks, some using ladders in heavily damaged villages, as they searched for survivors. Videos posted by China’s ministry of emergency management showed two people being carried on stretchers by workers treading over the debris from collapsed homes.
