7-magnitude earthquake strikes Tibet, killing at least 16 people

A magnitude 7 earthquake struck the Chinese region of Tibet on Thursday, October 22, killing at least 16 people and injuring at least 32, according to the city government. The official Xinhua news agency reported the casualties, while the China Earthquake Networks Center said the epicenter was in Baqen County in Nagqu city.

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• The city government announced that at least 16 people were killed and 32 injured.

  «Magnitude 7 earthquake in China's Tibet region has killed 16 people and injured at least 32, city government says.»

  The Canadian Press on MSN
• The earthquake struck the vast, sparsely populated mountainous area of Nagqu, northeast of Lhasa, the capital of Tibet.

  «a vast and sparsely populated mountainous region north-east of the Tibet's capital Lhasa, according to local reports»

  BBC
• The official Xinhua news agency reported the earthquake and the death toll.

  «At least 16 people have died and dozens were injured after a magnitude 7 earthquake struck Tibet on Thursday, according to Chinese state news agency Xinhua.»

  CNN on MSN
• The China Earthquake Networks Center located the earthquake in Baqen County in Nagqu city at 10:33 p.m. on Thursday.

  «A powerful magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Baqen County in Nagqu, in southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, at 10.33 pm on Thursday 22 October»

  Euronews on MSN

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