BEIJING — A magnitude-7 earthquake struck China’s Tibet region at around 10.33pm, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center. There was no immediate information on casualties or damage.
The epicentre was located in a high-altitude county in Nagqu, northern Tibet, at a depth of 10km. The area within 5km of the epicentre has an average elevation of about 4,864 metres, and the tremor was clearly felt locally. Lhasa, the Tibetan capital, lies roughly 400km from the epicentre.
The quake is the strongest to hit China since January 2024. The region remains vulnerable to major seismic events; a 7.1-magnitude earthquake near Yushu in neighbouring Qinghai province in 2010 killed at least 2,698 people and left nearly 300 missing.