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Magnitude 7 earthquake strikes Tibet region of southwest China
October 22, 2026 at 07:27 PM · Updated 3m ago
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4 reports · 3 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 6 hours
BABBC Arabic
زلزال بقوة 7 درجات يضرب التبت ويودي بحياة 16 شخصاً
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AJAl Jazeera Arabic
زلزال بقوة 7 درجات يضرب إقليم التبت بالصين وأنباء عن سقوط ضحايا
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يواليوم السابع
زلزال بقوة 7 درجات يضرب منطقة شيتسانج جنوب غربي الصين
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CNCNN
Strong 7-magnitude earthquake strikes China’s Tibet region
(opens the publisher’s site)A magnitude 7 earthquake struck the Tibet Autonomous Region in southwest China on Thursday evening, according to Chinese and US seismic agencies.
- The earthquake struck Batchin County in Nagqu, Tibet Autonomous Region, at 10:33 p.m. Beijing time Thursday.
- The China Earthquake Networks Center located the epicenter at a depth of 10 km, at 32.40 degrees north and 93.79 degrees east.
- The United States Geological Survey placed the epicenter 183 km east-northeast of Nagqu city.
- The scope of damage from the earthquake remains unclear.
- The earthquake killed 16 people and injured 32, with over 300 homes collapsed and power and communications disrupted, Xinhua reported.
- Local authorities activated a second-level emergency response and dispatched workers to coordinate relief efforts.