Days after deadly quake, fresh 5.4 tremor jolts Tibet
A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck Tibet shortly after a deadly 7.0-magnitude tremor killed 16 people and injured dozens. Rescue operations are ongoing, with thousands of personnel deployed to assist displaced residents and manage the aftermath of the disaster.
Why it matters
The back-to-back seismic events have caused significant infrastructure damage and humanitarian challenges in a remote region, necessitating large-scale government intervention.
Fresh earthquakes struck Tibet on Saturday, days after a powerful 7.0-magnitude quake killed 16 people and injured at least 76 in the region. The National Centre for Seismology (NCS) recorded a magnitude 5.4 tremor at 2.09 pm IST.The latest tremors in Tibet come two days after a powerful earthquake struck Tangnezong district in Nakchu, northern Tibet, at 10.33 pm local time on Thursday, according to Chinese authorities. The disaster killed 16 people and left at least 76 injured, triggering large-scale rescue and relief operations.The earlier earthquake damaged or destroyed 339 houses and 20 livestock sheds, according to information released by the Nagqu municipal government on Friday. The USGS placed its epicentre 183 km east-north-east of Nagqu city.
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