Earthquake of 5 magnitude jolts Tibet days after main tremors that killed over 100
An earthquake of 5 magnitude on the Richter scale rocked Tibet on Monday, days after the Himalayan area confronted large destruction from a quake on January 7, that killed over 100 folks. The jolt on Monday shook the Dingri County in Xigaze of the Tibet Autonomous Area of China.
The earthquake shook the world across the holy city of Xigaze at 8:58 pm native time, in keeping with the China Earthquake Networks Centre (CENC). The identical space was hit by a 6.8-magnitude quake on January 7 by which 126 folks had been killed and 188 others injured. China has launched large aid and rescue operations within the space.
Monday’s quake struck at a depth of 10 km, the state-run Xinhua information company reported, quoting CENC.
No casualties have been reported thus far, stated Tashi Dondrup, the county head of Dingri, including that additional investigation was underway.
Earthquake felt at Nepal’s Kathmandu
The earthquake was additionally felt in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu, and surrounding areas, in keeping with the Himalayan nation’s Nationwide Earthquake Monitoring Centre. To this point, no reviews of harm attributable to the tremor have been reported in Nepal.
For the reason that January 7 quake, the world has been hit by over 640 tremors, of which Monday’s tremor was the strongest, in keeping with the regional earthquake bureau.
Aid work within the quake-hit areas of Tibet
China stated on Monday that catastrophe aid work within the quake-hit areas of Tibet was continuing easily and that it was assured of profitable the “robust battle” to revive normalcy within the affected areas.
Rescuers braved the bitter chilly and low oxygen ranges on the high-altitude plateau and raced towards time to search out and rescue these trapped to attenuate casualties, stated China’s International Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun.
“The catastrophe response and aid work is mostly continuing easily. We’re assured in profitable this robust battle of quake response and returning work and life to regular within the affected areas as quickly as potential,” Guo stated throughout a media briefing right here.
(With PTI inputs)
