Mapping the 7.0-magnitude quake in Tibet

The Straits Times A powerful earthquake struck China’s southwestern region of Tibet on Oct 22. Here’s the intensity of the quake across the region.The 7.0-magnitude quake struck China’s southwestern region of Tibet, injuring at least two people in a village near the epicentre, with some houses in villages closest to the epicentre showing cracks.The epicentre of the quake was in a sparsely populated, high-altitude county in Nagqu, northern Tibet.The China Earthquake Networks Centre said the quake struck at a depth of 10km. The average elevation within 5km of the epicentre is about 4,864m.Here’s where the quake struck and where the aftershocks with magnitudes above 2.5 were recorded.