[Regnum] A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the Tibet Autonomous Region in western China. At least 16 people were killed, the Xinhua news agency reported on October 23.
According to the China Earthquake Network Center (CENC), a magnitude 7.0 earthquake was recorded in Baqing County, Nagchu City, with a focal depth of 10 km. Later, a magnitude 7.1 tremor occurred in Xizang.
“As a result, 16 people were killed and more than 30 were injured,” the agency clarified.
On October 22, staff at the Altai-Sayan branch of the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences reported an earthquake in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. The tremor was recorded at 9:42 AM Moscow time, 204 km from Karamay. The epicenter was 287 km from the Russian border and 145 km from Kazakhstan, with a magnitude of 3.4.
On August 26, a devastating rock and ice avalanche in Nepal triggered an earthquake. The Lhende River was blocked, causing water to overflow its banks and flooding areas downstream of the Bhote Koshi and Trisuli rivers. Large-scale flooding also affected China's Tibet Autonomous Region. More than 1,200 people died.