Magnitude 5 Earthquake Hits Tibet, Hundreds of Miles North of Himalayan Flood
USGS said the 5.2 seismic signal came from a glacier landslide that killed at least 165 people and left more than 1,000 missing.
- On Wednesday, August 26, 2026, a massive ice-rock avalanche from Langtang Lirung on the Nepal-China border triggered a landslide and flooding. The USGS confirmed the event produced seismic signals equivalent to a mild earthquake.
- Preliminary analysis by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority indicates the avalanche occurred roughly 20 km northeast of the border, unleashing a tsunami-like torrent of water and mud into the Lhende Khola within the Rasuwa District.
- At least 165 people have been confirmed dead, with more than 1,000 still missing, including hundreds of foreign tourists. Planet Labs satellite imagery shows the Trishuli River quintupling in width in several areas, rising 50–100 feet.
- The surge inundated communities along the Pasang Lamu Highway and the Friendship Bridge area at Rasuwagadi, destroying homes and critical infrastructure. Hydropower projects totaling around 430 MW were damaged, and roads and bridges were destroyed across the region.
- India and China have deployed rescue teams to assist with local relief operations as the multinational effort to locate survivors continues. Authorities on the Chinese side of Gyirong Port reported major casualties and missing persons amid ongoing search efforts.
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A piece of the Himalayas took off at an altitude of five kilometres between Nepal and Tibet. The provisional balance of the number of dead is close to 400.
Initially it was thought that an earthquake had caused the tragedy, however, the US Geological Survey ruled out that option. Experts warn that what happened could happen again, as a result of climate change.
The destructive torrent of water and mud was caused by the partial collapse of a glacier, of such violence that it was recorded as a "seismic event" of magnitude 5.2.
Magnitude 5 earthquake hits Tibet, hundreds of miles north of Himalayan flood
Aug 27 (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck China's Tibet region late on Thursday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. • The quake was at a depth of 10 km in northern Tibet, GFZ said. • The epicentre was hundreds of mil...
An animation reconstructs the path of the avalanche of ice, rocks and debris that triggered the devastating floods in the Himalayan region at the border between Nepal and Chinese Tibet, causing at least 95 deaths and leaving hundreds of missing. Satellite images show the mountainous area to the north-east of the Rasuwagadhi pass where, according to the first analyses cited by the Nepalese authorities, a large mass would detach and then descend i…
Vibrations were generated by a collapse of the surface caused by the mud shift itself.
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