After consistently citing 61,500, China now says Dingri earthquake affected 120,000 Tibetans

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(TibetanReview.net, Mar02’25) – China said Jan 9, and maintained throughout since then, that a total of 61,500 people were affected by the devastating earthquake which shook Tibet’s Mt Everest county of Dingri and several other counties on Jan 7 morning, killing 126 people. Now, all of a sudden, it says the more than 120,000 people living in temporary shelters as a result of the earthquake will be relocated to new homes by the end of 2025.

China’s latest state media report on the earthquake also said that as of Jan 13 noon, 407 had been rescued, over 47,500 individuals relocated, and over 27,200 houses damaged, of which 3,612 had collapsed.

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