{"id":59132,"date":"2025-01-07T15:40:32","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T15:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=59132"},"modified":"2025-01-07T15:40:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T15:40:32","slug":"earthquake-in-tibet-claims-over-90-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/01\/07\/earthquake-in-tibet-claims-over-90-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Earthquake in Tibet Claims Over 90 Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>7.1-magnitude earthquake struck a remote area of Tibet on January 7, 2025, killing at least 90 people and injuring around 130 others.<\/p>\n<p>The earthquake, recorded at a depth of approximately 10 kilometers, occurred early Tuesday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).<\/p>\n<p>The epicenter was near Shigatse, a culturally significant city and the traditional seat of the Panchen Lama, a key figure in Tibetan Buddhism.<\/p>\n<p>Tremors were felt across Tibet, northern India, and other parts of the Himalayas.<\/p>\n<p>This region, known for its high seismic activity, sits along the boundary of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates.<\/p>\n<p>The USGS attributed the earthquake to normal faulting at a shallow depth.<\/p>\n<p>Footage from China\u2019s state broadcaster, CCTV, showed widespread destruction, including collapsed buildings and damaged homes.<\/p>\n<p>Rescue teams have been deployed to search for survivors and provide essential aid.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered an extensive search-and-rescue operation to minimize casualties and assist displaced residents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck a remote area of Tibet on January 7, 2025, killing at least 90 people and injuring around 130 others. The earthquake, recorded at a depth of approximately 10 kilometers, occurred early Tuesday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The epicenter was near Shigatse, a culturally significant [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":59133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59132"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59134,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59132\/revisions\/59134"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}