China’s emergency-management notice records a magnitude-7.0 earthquake in Baqing County, Nagqu, at 22:33 China Standard Time on October 22. It says a Level IV national response was started and a work team dispatched. The notice does not give a casualty total.
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Original notice (October 22, 23:59): https://www.mem.gov.cn/xw/yjyw/202610/t20261022_736710.shtml
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