Deadly earthquakes in the Himalayan region, with historical data and potential impacts on surrounding areas explained in ...

Despite protests from locals, India is building a giant hydro dam on the Siang River to counter a Chinese dam.

Climbing Season Climbing season in the Himalayas predominately takes place just twice per year when the Jetstream subsides above the Himala ...

This follows a 5.1 magnitude earthquake reported in Myanmar, near the Manipur border, in the early hours of Friday ...

A 3.5 magnitude earthquake struck Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, this morning at a depth of 5 km, following a 4.8 magnitude quake ...

Tibet's earthquake of magnitude 6.8 that killed 126 and damaged four water reservoirs this week highlights the risks from a hydropower building spree by Asian giants China and India in one of the ...

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 ...

The 7.1-magnitude earthquake that hit Dingri County in Shigatse City on Jan. 7 devastated several villages in the fragile Himalayan region, killing at least 126 people and injuring hundreds. Catholic ...

"Focal mechanism solutions of this earthquake indicate this event was associated with a normal fault oriented roughly perpendicular to the plate boundary north of the Himalayan Mountains within ...

About 15 percent of the great earthquakes in the 20th century occurred in the Himalayas. The northeast Himalayan bend has experienced several large earthquakes of magnitude seven and above in the ...

The impact of the earthquake was felt across the Shigatse region of Tibet, home to 800,000 people. The region is administered by Shigatse city, the traditional seat of the Panchen Lama ...