More than 120 people have been killed after a powerful earthquake struck a remote region of Tibet on Tuesday morning, with tremors felt across the Himalayas in neighboring Nepal, Bhutan and parts of northern India.

A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake has shaken Tibet and Nepal, killing over 120 people and injuing many more. Everest climber survives.

Tibet was hit by a powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake in a region near the world-famous Mount Everest on Tuesday morning - with at least 95 people reported killed. The US Geological Survey said the epicenter of the quake was located 57 miles from Lobuche in Nepal,

BEIJING — A strong earthquake shook a high-altitude region of southwestern China and areas of Nepal on Tuesday, damaging hundreds of houses, littering streets with rubble and killing at least 126 people in Tibet. Many others were trapped as dozens of aftershocks shook the remote region.

At the time of publishing, there are at least 130 injured and more than 1,000 homes destroyed by the earthquake. Relief will be complicated and long in coming, because the local population mainly lives in small, isolated villages, at altitude, and therefore difficult to access.

The China Earthquake Networks Center measured the quake's magnitude as 6.8, while the U.S. Geological Survey reported it as 7.1.

At least 126 killed in 7.1-magnitude Tibet earthquake as tremors felt across multiple countries - Tremors felt in northern India, Bangladesh, and Bhutan

At least 120 people have lost their lives in Tibet after a powerful earthquake struck the region on Tuesday morning, with tremors also felt in Nepal and Bhutan. The 7.1-magnitude quake hit at 9:05 a.m.