Two days after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Tibet, killing at least 16 people, a magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck the region on Saturday (local time).
Two days after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Tibet, killing at least 16 people, a magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck the region on Saturday (local time).
According to the National Center for Seismology, the quake struck at around 5:38 am IST (8:08 am China Standard Time in Tibet) at a depth of 10 km. Its epicentre was located at 31.485° N latitude and 93.528° E longitude, 405 km north-northwest of Basar in Arunachal Pradesh.
The jolt came two days after 16 people were killed and dozens were injured on Thursday (local time) after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake jolted the mountainous region in the country. Xinhua, citing the local emergency management bureau, said that the centre of the quake struck Baqên County in the Nagqu region on Thursday night.
This story will be updated with additional details.
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