Magnitude-7 earthquake in Tibet kills at least 16

A magnitude-7 earthquake struck China's Tibet region late on Thursday, 22 October, killing at least 16 people, The Guardian reported. The US Geological Survey (USGS) placed the epicentre, the point on the surface above where the quake began, 191km east-north-east of Nagqu, a northern Tibetan city, at a depth of 18km. The USGS recorded at least seven aftershocks.