Tibet Earthquake: A strong earthquake struck Tibet on Thursday. The tremors were felt just eight days after the flash flood in Nepal, which killed over a thousand people and swept away several villages. The earthquake has caused widespread panic, as people are yet to recover from the shock of the floods. There have been no reports of casualties.
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck Tibet at 1.46 pm, according to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ). The GFZ reported that the epicentre was located at a depth of 10 kilometres (6.21 miles).
Nearly 100 Nepalese Citizens Missing After Floods In Tibet
Meanwhile, Nepal Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lok Bahadur Chhetri has said that around 100 Nepali citizens have gone missing after the devastating flash flood that started on the Nepal-Tibet border. Chhetri said at least 19 bodies that had been washed away in the Bhotekoshi River in Rasuwa district were recovered in India. The bodies flowed from the Bhotekoshi River and reached India via the Trishuli and Narayani rivers, he added.
Death Toll Rises To 1,252 In Nepal
The death toll due to the devastating flash floods in Nepal rose to 1,252 on Thursday as more bodies were recovered from the affected areas, while risks of fresh floods loomed due to incessant rainfall in the upstream areas of the Bhotekoshi River.
The flash floods, triggered by an ice-rock avalanche near the Nepal-Tibet border on August 26, devastated towns and villages in northern and central Nepal, leaving a trail of destruction. As the upstream areas of the Bhotekoshi River are continuously receiving rainfall on Thursday, there is the possibility of rising water levels in the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli rivers as well as small rivers and rivulets flowing through Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts, said Saraswati Bishta, a technician at the Flood Forecasting Division of the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology.
(With PTI/Jagran.com Inputs)
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