
An earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter Scale has hit northwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region.
The quake took place early Monday morning. The China Earthquake Networks Center says the epicentre is located in Nyima County, in Nagqu Prefecture.
Source: CNTV
(Editor:陈丽丹、张茜)
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Photo taken on July 4 shows the sunset of Changtang Grassland in Northern TIbet's Nagqu Prefecture. With an altitude of 4,500 meters above the sea-level on average. July is the most beautiful season for Nagqu Prefecture. (Photo/ Xinhua)
Photo taken on July 4 shows the cattle grazing on Changtang Grassland in Northern TIbet's Nagqu Prefecture. With an altitude of 4,500 meters above the sea-level on average. July is the most beautiful season for Nagqu Prefecture. (Photo/ Xinhua)
Photo taken on July 4 shows the picturesque Changtang Grassland in Northern Tibet's Nagqu Prefecture. With an altitude of 4,500 meters above the sea-level on average. July is the most beautiful season for Nagqu Prefecture. (Photo/ Xinhua)
A stray dog nicknamed "Xiaosa" has been following a team of cyclists for 20 days along Sichuan-Tibet Highway. [Photo/ CCTV]
Mountaineers set off the 10th Mountaineering Expedition from the training base in Yangbajain of Lhasa, capital of Tibet, on May 2, 2012.[Photo/Chinanews.com]
Residents enjoy a gala show at a park in Lhasa to celebrate the freedom of serfs on Wednesday, the fourth Serfs Emancipation Day in the Tibet autonomous region. (China Daily/Liu Xiangrui)
People of Tibetan ethnic group dance to celebrate the upcoming Serfs Emancipation Day at Zhaba Village in Shannan prefecture, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 26, 2012. The Serfs Emancipation Day on March 28 commemorates the 1959 democratic reform in Tibet, which ended feudal serfdom and freed about one million Tibetan serfs. (Xinhua/Chogo)
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