Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 09:38pm on 08 Sep 2026,Tuesday Weather & Environment
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck Tibet on Wednesday, with tremors felt in Nepal, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre. The quake occurred at a depth of 35 kilometres, while India’s National Centre for Seismology recorded it at magnitude 5.0. There were no immediate reports of deaths, injuries or significant damage. The earthquake came less than two weeks after devastating floods and a glacial and mountain collapse hit the Nepal-Tibet border region on August 26. Nepal’s disaster authority said the flood death toll had reached 1,357, with 5,326 people still missing. Rescue teams continued searching for survivors and missing people. (PC: HT)
