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Magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes Baqen County in Tibet
An earthquake formally measured at magnitude 7.0 struck Baqen County in Tibet's Nagqu region on the night of October 22 at a depth of 10 kilometres, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center. Tremors were felt distinctly in the surrounding areas. Casualties and the extent of damage remain unconfirmed.
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Each position is reported as its publisher stated it. We do not reconcile them.
12 differing positions reported on casualties across 15 publishers; unresolved.
- stheadline傷亡未明
- bastillepost暫無傷亡報告
- ettoday傷亡
- ltn至少2傷
- cna-tw至少2傷
- chinanews16人遇难 32人受伤
- rfa18人遇难
- mirrormedia16人罹難、46人受傷
- rfi至少16人死 32人伤
- bbc至少16死、數十人受傷
- pts16死
- newtalk至少16死46傷
- epochtimes重大伤亡
- secretchina伤亡惨重
- points-media16 死
8 differing positions reported on attribution across 9 publishers; unresolved.
- chinanews中国地震局
- 81新华社
- stheadline地震局
- cna-tw中國
- bbc據報
- ltn觀光署
- ettoday觀光署
- deutsche習近平
- points-media當局
6 differing positions reported on location across 18 publishers; unresolved.
- chinanews西藏那曲市巴青县
- stheadline西藏那曲市
- bastillepost西藏那曲市巴青縣
- 81西藏那曲市巴青县
- epochtimes西藏那曲市巴青县
- ltn中國西藏巴青縣
- ettoday西藏
- cna-tw中國西藏巴青縣
- rfa西藏那曲
- mirrormedia西藏
- rfi西藏那曲
- bbc西藏
- pts西藏
- newtalk西藏
- deutsche西藏那曲
- secretchina西藏
- rthk西藏
- points-media西藏
8 differing positions reported on timing across 9 publishers; unresolved.
- cna-tw逾2年來
- stheadline7級
- chinanews7.0级
- 81连夜
- mirrormedia深夜
- pts深夜
- ettoday幾天內
- secretchina11个半小时内
- bastillepost強震後
2 differing positions reported on status across 18 publishers; unresolved.
- chinanews发生
- stheadline發生
- bastillepost地震
- 81发生
- epochtimes发生
- ltn發生
- ettoday發生
- cna-tw發生
- rfa已致
- mirrormedia已
- rfi7级强震
- bbc據報
- pts已釀
- newtalk爆
- deutsche發生
- secretchina突发
- rthk地震
- points-media地震
WhereNagqu
31.477, 92.057 ±10 km
First reported3 days ago
Published2026-10-22 15:47 UTC
Occurred2026-10-22
Sources18
How this travelled.
Reports160Independent tellings18
18 independently corroborated tellings, 1 reported as carrying another outlet.
Corrections and updates
No published correction or update is recorded. This does not reconstruct changes made before correction records were kept.
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Global Event Monitor. Magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes Baqen County in Tibet. 2026-10-22T15:47:05.428Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:7057. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-10-22/earthquake-nagqu-e2e7a104
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