Magnitude 7 earthquake strikes northern Tibet

A magnitude 7 earthquake struck northern Tibet on Thursday night, with casualties and damage not immediately known, according to The Korea Times.

The China Earthquake Networks Center described the quake as China's strongest since January 2024 and said it was clearly felt locally, The Korea Times reported.

The earthquake occurred at approximately 10:33 p.m. local time in a high-altitude county in Nagqu, according to The Korea Times.

Data from the China Earthquake Networks Center placed the quake's depth at 10 kilometers. Its epicenter was about 400 kilometers from Lhasa.

The terrain within five kilometers of the epicenter has an average elevation of approximately 4,864 meters, according to the center's data cited by The Korea Times.

The report also recalled a magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck Yushu in neighboring Qinghai province in 2010, about 280 kilometers from the area of Thursday's quake.

The 2010 Yushu earthquake killed at least 2,698 people and left nearly 300 missing, The Korea Times reported. The toll from Thursday's earthquake remained unknown in the initial report.