You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. We're recording this at 14 hours GMT on Tuesday the 7th of January.

An earthquake has struck near Mount Everest in the Chinese region of Tibet, killing more than 100 people.

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A powerful earthquake in the Chinese region of Tibet has killed at least 106 people as we record this podcast.

The centre of the 7.1 magnitude quake was Shigazzi, one of the world's highest regions

and traditional seat of the Panchen Lama, the second highest authority in Tibetan Buddhism.

The epicentre was about 80 kilometres north of Mount Everest, but tremors were also felt in Nepal and parts of India.

Ektev Adikari leads the National Emergency Operations Centre in Nepal.

Immediately after the earthquake, we activated our emergency response protocols,

and coordination was established with the local authorities.

But we have the difficulty of the rock terrain, highest Himalayan,

including some of the world's highest peaks.

And this time is winter season, so the temperature is also freezing.

Since China annexed Tibet in the 1950s, it's kept a tight control on the autonomous region.

Our correspondent Laura Bicca is monitoring developments from Beijing.

What we have seen are a number of new pictures that come from us from the worst hit areas.

We've seen rescuers combing through the rubble brick by bricks searching for survivors. We've seen a number of injured people who are out on the street,

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