Dharamsala, July 24 – A moderate earthquake jolted Nyima County in Tibet’s Nagchu prefecture early this morning, China’s state run media Xinhua reported.
The quake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale occurred at 11:11 a.m. Friday (Beijing time), according to the national seismological network.
However, no casualties have been reported yet. At a depth of 33 kilometers, the quake struck on the line between Nyima in Nagchu prefecrture and Coqen county of Nagri prefecture, according to the regional seismological bureau of Tibet.
The epicenter was located at Ceri township in Coqen county, where telecommunication links were cut, the regional bureau said.
Sogrin, deputy head of the bureau, said the quake caused cracks in some houses made of sun-dried mud bricks at the county seat of Coqen, but no tremor was felt at the county seat of Nyima, Xinhua reported.
But Yang Wensheng, deputy head of Nyima, said the tremor was strong in Gyungcang township and the county government had dispatched a team of five people to the township to assess the situation.
Wangchug Dorje, head legislator of the township, said cracks could be seen in the building of the township government, and six houses and sheep pens and yard walls of nine homes of local herdsmen were toppled in the township seat.
Sogrin said he would lead a group of experts from the regional seismological bureau to make a site investigation of the quake-hit area.
