Magnitude 5 Earthquake Hits Tibet, Hundreds of Miles North of Himalayan Flood
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck the Tibet region late on Thursday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 kilometers in northern Tibet, GFZ said. The epicenter was hundreds of miles north of the regions of Nepal and China that were hit by a devastating flash flood [...]
TL;DR
- A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck northern Tibet late Thursday.
- The quake occurred at a depth of 10 kilometers.
- The epicenter was hundreds of miles north of regions in Nepal and China affected by recent flash floods.
- A magnitude 4.7 earthquake was also reported in Nagqu, Tibet, on Wednesday.