Earthquake of magnitude 7 strikes China's Tibet, killing 16, Xinhua reports

The Jerusalem Post · REUTERS · 2026-10-23 01:09 UTC

More than 12,000 people have been safely relocated, state media outlet Xinhua reported.

An earthquake of magnitude 7 struck China's southwestern region of Tibet at around 10:33 p.m. on Thursday, killing 16 people and injuring 65 others, state news agency Xinhua reported, citing Nagqu City's emergency management bureau.

The quake, with an epicenter in Nagqu, a sparsely populated, high-altitude city in northern Tibet, is the strongest to hit China since January 2024.

More than 300 police officers, including traffic and community police personnel, were sent to the epicenter to carry out rescue and emergency relief work, the Nagqu police department said in a separate post on the messaging app WeChat early on Friday.

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