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Autonomous Region
Tibet
People's Republic of China · Asia
Tibet is an autonomous region of People's Republic of China, in Asia. It lies on the Eurasian Plate. Records include 8 major earthquakes since 1900.
Tectonic Plates
Hazard Levels
Hazard level assessed by ThinkHazard! (World Bank, GFDRR), meaning the likelihood of a damaging event, from very low to high.
- EarthquakeHigh
- LandslideHigh
- WildfireHigh
- Urban FloodMedium
- Water ScarcityMedium
- River FloodLow
- VolcanoLow
- CycloneLow
- Extreme HeatLow
Major Earthquakes Since 1900
- 20252025 Tibet Earthquake · M 7.1134 deaths
- 19971997 Manyi Earthquake · M 7.5
- 19751975 Kinnaur Earthquake · M 6.847 deaths
- 1973Tibet (Xizang Province) · M 7.5
- 19521952 Damxung Earthquake54 deaths
- 1951Tibet (Xizang Province) · M 7.5
- 19501950 Assam–Tibet Earthquake · M 8.61,530 deaths
- 1915Tibet (Xizang Province) · M 7.0170 deaths
Famous Faults
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002