ChinaEarthquake Taiwan Network Center said that at 10:33 pm on the 22nd, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Nagqu, northern Tibet, with a focal depth of 10 kilometers. There is information about at least two people being injured. This is the strongest earthquake in China since January 2024.
Reuters reported that Chinese state media reported that local authorities found at least two people injured in a village near the epicenter, and that some houses in the villages closest to the epicenter also had cracks.
The epicenter of this intense earthquake was located in a sparsely populated highland area in the city of Nagku in northern Tibet, about 400 kilometers from the Tibetan capital Lhasa. Data from the China Seismological Network Center show that the average elevation within 5 kilometers of the epicenter is about 4,864 meters.
Videos released by local state media showed people fleeing their homes and taking shelter in vehicles parked outside or on the roadside. A local resident said he was woken up with a jolt and heard the house shaking and creaking.
Official media reported that local firefighters and rescue teams were dispatched to the disaster area.
Data from the China Seismological Network Center shows that this 7.0 magnitude earthquake was followed by several aftershocks of 3 to 4 magnitude in the surrounding areas.
In 2010, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Yushu, in neighboring Qinghai province, killing at least 2,698 people and leaving about 300 missing.
