Tibet Earthquake

At 10:33 p.m. local time on October 22, 2026, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck a sparsely populated, high-altitude area of northern Tibet, about 119 miles east-northeast of Nagqu, according to the USGS. The depth was put at about 11 miles by the USGS and about 6.2 miles by the China Earthquake Networks Center. State broadcaster CCTV called it the largest quake in the region in five years.

As of October 23, China's state media reported at least 16 people killed and 54 injured, 11 of them seriously. The Nagqu media office said at least 339 homes and 20 livestock sheds had collapsed. The quake came less than two months after the deadly Nepal–Tibet Floods in the same border region.

More than 1,600 local personnel were deployed to search and rescue. Authorities sent about 1,000 prefabricated housing units, about 3,000 tents, folding beds, flashlights and winter clothing to displaced residents. We have not yet confirmed any of the organizations we track responding as of October 24.