Tibet earthquake kills at least 16 people, injures dozens: state media
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A powerful magnitude 7 earthquake has struck Tibet in southwestern China, official media reported. Chinese state TV said it's the strongest quake to hit the remote Himalayan region in five years.
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A strong earthquake struck Tibet in southwestern China on Thursday night, killing at least 16 people and injuring 65 others, Chinese state media reported.
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Hundreds of homes in the remote Himalayan region collapsed due to the magnitude 7.0 quake, Xinhua reported.
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China's President Xi Jinpinghas ordered "all-out search and rescue efforts" to locate missing people, provide "prompt medical treatment for the injured" and called for "every effort to minimize casualties," Xinhua said.
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The earthquake is the strongest to hit the region in the past five years, broadcaster CCTV said, and the most powerful to hit China since January 2024.
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At least 339 residential buildings and 20 livestock sheds have collapsed, local government officials said, according to state media.
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Of the 65 injured, 11 were in serious condition, the local media office said.
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Disaster relief efforts were ongoing as officials assess the scale of the damage, the state news agency added.
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Xinhua reported that power and communication lines to the area were also disrupted.
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Over 1,600 people from the local county have been deployed to assist with relief efforts.
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More than 12,000 people have been relocated, state media said.
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The earthquake's epicenter is around 190 kilometers (120 miles) northeast of Nagqu, a city around 300 kilometers north of the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, the US Geological Survey said.
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The mountainous area is sparsely populated.
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The quake struck at a shallow depth of 10 kilometers. Shallow earthquakes (up to 70 kilometers deep) are considered more dangerous and destructive.
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Earthquakes are relatively common in China.
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In January 2025, a quake near Mount Everest in Tibet's Tingri region killed at least 126 people.
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In 2010, at least 2,698 people were killed when a magnitude 7.1 quake hit Qinghai province, which neighbors Tibet.
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