@themalaymail: At least 16 people were killed and 32 more injured when a strong 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck China’s remote Tibet region, state news agency Xinhua said, citing local authorities. More than 300 houses collapsed in the earthquake, which struck last night at 10:33 pm. Officials were still evaluating the damage, and disaster relief work was ongoing, Xinhua said. The quake’s epicentre was located in a mountainous area about 190 kilometres (120 miles) east-northeast of Nagqu, and 390 kilometres northeast of the regional capital Lhasa, the US Geological Survey said. It struck at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres. A level-II earthquake disaster emergency response was activated in the area, Xinhua said.

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Friday 23 October 2026 06:44:33 GMT