India, Oct. 26 -- This evening, China's Tibet region was pounded with an intense earthquake of 5.9 magnitude according to the China Earthquake Networks Center. According to seismologists, it happened at a depth of 10 kilometres. The quake happened just days after the previous magnitude 7.0 earthquake devastated parts of northern Tibet.

What Happened?

According to the China Earthquake Networks Centre, a magnitude 5.7 earthquake hit Baqing County in Nagqu, northern Tibet, on the evening of Sunday, October 25.

The quake happened at about 7:25 pm local time and was reported to have a depth of roughly 10 kilometres. Roughly a minute later, a second earthquake of magnitude 5.6 hit neighbouring Qinghai province, near Zadoi County in Yushu pre...