# Stretched, not squeezed: Why the Xizang quake was a 'pull-apart'

https://mins.news/en/item/113619

- CGTN, 2026-10-23 13:11 UTC
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- Original: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-10-23/Stretched-not-squeezed-Why-the-Xizang-quake-was-a-pull-apart--1RtRZdxuKOI/p.html?UTM_Source=cgtn&UTM_Medium=rss&UTM_Campaign=China

> The China Earthquake Networks Center said the magnitude-7.0 quake in Baqen County, Xizang, was an extensional rupture within the Qiangtang block, about 2 kilometers from the Baqen-Leiwuqi fault. By Friday morning, 23 aftershocks of magnitude 3.0 or higher had been recorded, the strongest at 4.3. At least 16 people were killed and 76 injured by 1 p.m. Friday, and more than 5,000 rescuers had been deployed. Officials warned that aftershocks could further weaken damaged homes, while rockfalls and landslides pose hazards in the high-altitude area.

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