A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 that killed at least 95 people in western China near Nepal was one of the country’s deadliest in nearly a decade.

The magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck a region near one of Tibet’s holiest cities, close to the Himalayan border with Nepal.

A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 struck the northern foothills of the Himalayas near one of Tibet's holiest cities on Tuesday, according to Chinese authorities. It killed dozens of people and shook buildings in neighboring Nepal,

A strong earthquake shook a high-altitude region of western China and areas of Nepal on Tuesday, damaging hundreds of houses, littering streets with rubble and killing at least 95 people in Tibet. Many others were trapped as dozens of aftershocks shook the remote region.