At least 95 confirmed dead, more than three dozen others injured as a powerful earthquake hits Tibet.
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00:00A 7.1 magnitude earthquake has rocked Tibet, killing dozens of people.
00:08Emergency teams are still rushing to rescue survivors.
00:12It is one of the deadliest quakes China has seen in recent years.
00:17Many others are injured.
00:19The quake hit the holy Shigatse city around 9am local time on Tuesday, at a depth of about
00:2610 kilometers, according to data from the U.S. Geological Survey.
00:32Earthquakes are common in the mountainous region of Tibet in western China, which lies
00:36between the Indian and Eurasian plates.
00:40The U.S. Geological Survey says there have been more than 10 earthquakes of at least
00:44magnitude 6 to strike this area over the past century.