Earthquake of magnitude 7 strikes China's Tibet
China’s earthquake agency said the 7.0-magnitude quake was felt locally, with no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
- A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck northern Tibet's Nagqu county on Thursday at a depth of 10km, the China Earthquake Networks Center reported.
- The epicenter, situated about 4,864m above sea level, was located approximately 400km from the Tibetan capital of Lhasa.
- Local residents clearly felt the tremors, according to CENC; the National Center for Seismology separately recorded a depth of 173km for the same event.
- Authorities have reported no immediate information regarding casualties or infrastructure damage resulting from Thursday's earthquake.
- Occurring weeks after deadly flash floods triggered by an ice-rock avalanche near the Nepal-Tibet border, the quake highlights natural disaster vulnerability throughout the Himalayan region.
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At the moment, the Chinese government has not reported any concrete assessment of victims.
In western China, the Earth has quaked. It hits the Autonomous Region of Tibet. With a magnitude of 7.0, this earthquake was the strongest in China this year.
An earthquake of magnitude 7 occurred on Thursday in the autonomous Tibet region of China, at a depth of 10 kilometers, according to the Chinese Centre for Seismic Networks (CNC), reports CNN.The earthquake occurred in China.
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The Seattle TimesA magnitude 7 earthquake shakes China’s Tibet
BEIJING (AP) — A magnitude 7 earthquake hit China’s Tibet on Thursday evening, with no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The United States Geological Survey said the quake occurred at 10:33 p.m. local time, with its epicenter 191 kilometers (119 miles) east-northeast of Nagqu, in a sparsely populated, high-altitude area of northern Tibet. It...
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A major earthquake of magnitude 7 struck Chinese Tibet at around 16.33 (GMT) this Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).The epicenter was located 183 kilometers east-northeast of the city of Nagqu, in the Tibet autonomous region, in western China, and at a depth of 18 kilometers.
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