{"id":21843,"date":"2026-09-08T17:39:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T17:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=21843"},"modified":"2026-09-08T17:39:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T17:39:00","slug":"earthquake-of-magnitude-5-0-hits-flood-ravaged-nepal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=21843","title":{"rendered":"Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 hits flood-ravaged Nepal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-133935167,imgsize-586293,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/earthquake-seismograph.jpg\" alt=\"Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 hits flood-ravaged Nepal\" title=\"Earthquake seismograph\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 struck Nepal at 9.38 pm on Tuesday, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said, as the region continues to grapple with the aftermath of devastating flash floods that have killed more than 1,300 people in Nepal.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>The tremor was reported hours after a magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck Tibet, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC). The Tibet quake occurred at a depth of 35 km.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>The latest tremors come days after another earthquake of magnitude 5.0 struck Tibet on Thursday last week, according to data from the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ). That earthquake was recorded at a depth of 10 km.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>The earthquakes come as the Tibet-Nepal region continues to reel from devastating flash floods that struck on August 26.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>The floods were triggered by an ice-rock avalanche near the Nepal-Tibet border, sending a massive surge of water and debris downstream through the Bhotekoshi River. The disaster devastated settlements across northern and central Nepal and damaged several hydropower projects.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>Nepal&#8217;s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority said the death toll from the floods had risen to 1,357 as of Tuesday, with rescue teams continuing searches for 5,326 people. A total of 13,583 people had been rescued.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>Security forces recovered hundreds of bodies from affected districts including Chitawan, Nawalparasi East and West, Nuwakot, Rasuwa, Gorkha, Dhading and Tanahu. Authorities said 102 bodies had been handed over to families after identification and completion of legal formalities.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>At least 43 people were also killed on the Chinese side, while more than 500 remained missing in Tibet, according to Chinese media reports.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>The floods washed away homes, vehicles, roads and bridges and damaged hydropower infrastructure. Rescue operations were also underway at hydropower projects where 121 people were believed to be trapped in underground tunnels.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>The disaster has also raised concerns over the fragile environment of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, with Chinese climate experts pointing to rising temperatures, accelerated glacier melt, local geological and geomorphological conditions and broader climatic influences as possible contributing factors.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>Sun Xiaoguang, head of the Meteorological Observatory of the Tibet Autonomous Region, said: \u201cAccording to our monitoring, we can see the short-time rain days, or the imbalance of the rain pattern and the rising of the temperature in Tibet.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/>He said the region could be affected by the climate change crisis and that extreme weather events in China could become more frequent.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/>Chinese officials said Tibet has about 33,000 glaciers, including 187 classified as high-risk and requiring round-the-clock satellite monitoring to predict possible collapses, according to PTI.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"33\"\/>Kang Shichang, director and researcher at the Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said glaciers across the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau had shrunk by about 24% in area over the past six decades.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"36\"\/>In the southern part of the plateau, including the Himalayas, glacier coverage had fallen by about 40% over the same period, Kang told Chinese daily The Paper, attributing the retreat primarily to global warming.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"39\"\/>The scale of the disaster has also renewed scrutiny of hydropower projects in Tibet, including China&#8217;s planned mega dam on the Brahmaputra River.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"41\"\/>The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is the source of around 10 transboundary rivers, including the Brahmaputra, making changes to its glaciers, rivers and extreme weather patterns significant for downstream regions.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"43\"\/>Chinese researchers have linked the growing risks in the region to glacier retreat and climate change as authorities continue rescue and recovery operations following the August 26 floods.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/rest-of-world\/earthquake-of-magnitude-hits-flood-ravaged-nepal\/articleshow\/133935144.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 struck Nepal at 9.38 pm on Tuesday, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said, as the region continues to grapple with the aftermath of devastating flash floods that have killed more than 1,300 people in 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