A 4.5 magnitude earthquake struck Tibet on Saturday morning, days after a powerful quake killed 16
Two days after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Tibet, killing at least 16 people, a magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck the region on Saturday (local time).
Two days following a magnitude 7.0 earthquake that claimed at least 16 lives in Tibet, a magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck the region on Saturday morning, according to the National Center for Seismology. The tremor occurred at approximately 5:38 am IST (8:08 am China Standard Time in Tibet) with a depth of 10 km. Its epicenter was situated at 31.485° N latitude and 93.528° E longitude, located 405 km north-northwest of Basar in Arunachal Pradesh.
This earthquake followed the tragic event on Thursday (local time) when a magnitude 7.0 quake killed 16 people and injured dozens in the mountainous region of Tibet.
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