Magnitude 5 Earthquake Hits Tibet, Hundreds of Miles North of Himalayan Flood

A map shows the location of a magnitude 5 earthquake that struck the Tibet region on Aug. 27, 2026. USGS/Screenshot via The Epoch TimesA magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck the Tibet region late on Thursday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.The quake was at a depth of 10 kilometers in northern Tibet, GFZ said.The epicenter was hundreds of miles north of the regions of Nepal and China that were hit by a devastating flash flood on Wednesday that killed hundreds and left more than 1,000 people missing.China’s earthquake networks centre also reported a magnitude 4.7 quake in Nagqu, Tibet, on Wednesday, state-run Xinhua news agency said.