Injuries in China's Tibet rise to 65 after earthquake, death toll remains at 16
Rescue crews are searching for survivors after the shallow quake collapsed 339 homes and disrupted power and communications, officials said.
- On Oct. 22, 2026, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Baqing County, Tibet, killing at least 16 people and injuring 65 others, according to Xinhua News Agency.
- The region is seismically active due to collision between Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates, which drives the uplift of the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau.
- Xinhua reported that 339 houses collapsed, while the United States Geological Survey estimates that about 111,000 people were exposed to moderate to severe shaking.
- Search and rescue efforts continue as teams provide assistance to the injured and build tents to house displaced residents.
- This event marks the region's largest earthquake in recent years, following a magnitude 6.9 quake in April 2010 that killed more than 2,500 people.
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A magnitude 7 earthquake has struck Tibet, killing at least 16 people and injuring 65, Chinese state media reported. More than 300 homes were damaged or destroyed. Rescue and search operations are underway, involving more than 1,600 people.
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Tibet on Thursday, killing at least 16 people and injuring 65 others. The northern city of Nagchu was the hardest hit, with hundreds of houses collapsing.
More than 300 homes have collapsed or are damaged.
China's rescue forces are looking for victims and survivors in the earthquake area. The area is considered to be sparsely populated. For Tibet it is another natural disaster within a short time.
More than 12,000 people were evacuated and 11 remain serious, while low temperatures and replicas complicate rescue efforts on the Tibetan plateau
Chinese state media report more than 50 injured. Currently, search and rescue operations are underway.
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