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Tourists to the Yarlung Zangbo River Grand Canyon Increase

Date: 2008-12-17 21:43:00 by chinatravel Tags: Tibet Travel

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So far over 30,000 tourists have visited the Yarlung Zangbo River Grand Canyon, said a source from Tibet Travels Co.Ltd..

The Yarlung Zangbo River, the highest major river in the world, runs through Tibet

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Strong earthquake hits southern Tibet

Date: 2008-8-25 21:48:00 by olive Tags: Tibet Earthquake

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A strong earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale rocked Zhongba County, Xigaze prefecture in the southern area of Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region at 9:22 p.m. on Monday, but no casualties have been reported.

The epicenter was about 10 km underground at 31 degrees north and 83.6 degrees east, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.

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5.1 magnitude earthquake hits Pangkog County in Tibet

Date: 2008-7-3 3:37:00 by coconut Tags: Tibet

earthquake hit the Pangkog County

5.1 magnitude earthquake hit the Pangkog County (35.8 north altitude, 88.3 east latitude), Nagqu Prefecture, the Tibet Autonomous Region at 4:23 am, July 3, 2008, sources from the National Seismic Network.

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