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China: Panic as 7.0-magnitude earthquake rocks Tibet

Africanews22 October 2026, 19:57 UTCPeople's Republic of China

A powerful magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Baqen County in Nagqu, in southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, at 10.33 pm on Thursday 22 October, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.

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M5 207 km ENE of Nagqu, ChinaEarthquakesPeople's Republic of China22 October 2026, 18:06 UTC
M4.7 190 km ENE of Nagqu, ChinaEarthquakesPeople's Republic of China22 October 2026, 16:57 UTC
M4.5 203 km ENE of Nagqu, ChinaEarthquakesPeople's Republic of China22 October 2026, 16:50 UTC
M4.6 193 km NE of Nagqu, ChinaEarthquakesPeople's Republic of China22 October 2026, 16:45 UTC
M4.9 210 km ENE of Nagqu, ChinaEarthquakesPeople's Republic of China22 October 2026, 16:21 UTC
M4.3 219 km ENE of Nagqu, ChinaEarthquakesPeople's Republic of China22 October 2026, 15:57 UTC
M4.9 western XizangEarthquakesPeople's Republic of China22 October 2026, 15:45 UTC
M4.7 139 km ENE of Kashgar, ChinaEarthquakesPeople's Republic of China22 October 2026, 15:27 UTC

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