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Strong earthquake hits southern Tibet

Date: 2008-8-25 21:48:00 by olive Tags: Tibet Earthquake

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A strong earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale rocked Zhongba County, Xigaze prefecture in the southern area of Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region at 9:22 p.m. on Monday, but no casualties have been reported.

The epicenter was about 10 km underground at 31 degrees north and 83.6 degrees east, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.

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5.1 magnitude earthquake hits Pangkog County in Tibet

Date: 2008-7-3 3:37:00 by coconut Tags: Tibet

earthquake hit the Pangkog County

5.1 magnitude earthquake hit the Pangkog County (35.8 north altitude, 88.3 east latitude), Nagqu Prefecture, the Tibet Autonomous Region at 4:23 am, July 3, 2008, sources from the National Seismic Network.

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Happy days here again in Tibet

Date: 2008-6-25 20:21:00 by lavender0108 Tags: Tibet Travel

Happy Days Here Again In Tibet

Tibet welcomed its first batch of foreign tourists on Wednesday, after a hiatus of more than three months following the March 14 riots in Lhasa.

The first two foreigners to arrive in the regional capital were from Sweden, Liao Lisheng, a spokesman for the Tibetan tourism bureau, said.

Four tourists from Singapore will arrive on Sunday, Tanor, deputy director of the

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