A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck Tibet on 8 September at a depth of 35 km (21.75 miles), according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC). Reuters reported the development. The development comes as the National Center for Seismology reported an earthquake of magnitude 5.0 hitting Nepal at 9.38 PM.
On 3 September, a magnitude 5 earthquake struck Tibet. It was nearly 10 days after flash floods devastated a town near the Nepal-Tibet border.
That time, the earthquake occurred at a depth of 110 km, according to the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ).
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