German climber Jost Kobusch safely reached base camp at the foot of Mount Everest, relieved and feeling accomplished. The climber braved high winds, freezing co ...

The number of dead from the severe earthquake in the region around Mount Everest rose to 95 on Tuesday, China's state news agency Xinhua reported as more bodies were recovered. A further 130 people ...

A powerful earthquake struck Tibet this week, estimated between 6.8 and 7.1 magnitude. Its effects were devastating. Witnesses shared footage of rubble-strewn streets of a city in the Himalayas region ...

The climber took a moment to recount living through his second earthquake on Mount Everest. "At first I thought a serac [a large block of ice from a glacier] had fallen off next to me," Kobusch ...

The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 7.1 earthquake was centered in the Tibet region at a depth of about 10 kilometers (6 miles). China recorded the magnitude as 6.8.

A powerful magnitude 7.1 earthquake centered about 50 miles from Mount Everest left at least 126 dead in Tibet on Tuesday, reports say. Another 188 people have been injured on the Chinese side of ...

About 150 aftershocks were recorded in the nine hours after the earthquake, and the Mount Everest scenic area on the Chinese side was closed. Chinese leader Xi Jinping called for a massive rescue ...

The earthquake reportedly struck Tibet's holy city of Shigatse on the morning of Tuesday, Jan. 7 Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024.