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Strong 7-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes China’s Tibet Region
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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Chinese official news agency Xinhua quoted China's Seismological Network Center, which estimated the depth at 10 kilometers (6.2 miles)
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·Helsinki, Finland
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The epicenter of the earthquake, which was recorded at 22.33 (local time), was located about 190 kilometers east-northeast of Nagqu and 390 kilometers north-east of Lhasa
·Vicente López, Argentina
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An earthquake of magnitude 7 strikes the Tibet region on Thursday, according to the USGS seismology agency.
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An earthquake of magnitude 7 took place on Thursday evening in China, in the Tibet region, according to the US geophysical institute USGS, and no casualties were reported immediately, reports AFP.
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