A magnitude 7
earthquake that struck the southwestern region of China’s Tibet has injured 65
people, local government confirmed in a Friday social media post, while the death
toll remains at 16.
With its epicenter
situated in Nagqu, a sparsely populated, high-altitude city in northern Tibet,
the quake stands as the strongest tremor to hit China since January 2024.
Nagqu police
department announced in a post on the messaging app WeChat that authorities
dispatched more than 300 police of...
