00:00A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck remote mountain communities in northern Tibet late Thursday.
00:06These communities sit at some of Earth's highest elevations,
00:09leaving questions about how their buildings held up.
00:12China's earthquake agency says people in the local area clearly felt the shaking.
00:16The earthquake struck at approximately 10.33 at night, local time, on October 22.
00:23Its center was about 250 miles north of Lhasa, the capital of Tibet.
00:28The agency's preliminary measurements put the earthquake's starting point about six miles beneath the surface.
00:34That makes it a shallow earthquake, rather than one that began deep underground.
00:38But that measurement alone leaves unanswered how the remote communities fared when the ground shook.
00:44Authorities had not confirmed injuries, deaths, or structural damage.
00:48The full effects remain unknown.
00:50Disclosure. This video contains stock footage and content created or enhanced using AI-assisted tools.
