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M7.1 Xizang, China
Status: Closed
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| Similar Stochastic Events | 1/7/2025 2:00:00 PM |
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Similar Stochastic Events | Summary
Posting Date: January 7, 2025, 2:00:00 PM
A significant earthquake, measured by the United States Geological Service (USGS) at magnitude 7.1, struck the Shigatse region of Tibet in western China on Tuesday morning local time, killing at least 126 persons and damaging at least 1,000 buildings. Reported at magnitude 6.8 by Chinese state media, the temblor struck at a relatively shallow depth of 10 km and triggered more than 40 aftershocks in the hours that followed the main event.
ALERT™ subscribers can download similar stochastic event (SSE) IDs for the M7.1 earthquake near Xizang, China from the Downloads tab of this posting on the ALERT website. Compatible with Touchstone® and Touchstone Re™, the SSEs were selected based on the event’s location, magnitude, and depth. They should only be used with exposures in China.
According to the USGS, this quake occurred as the result of normal faulting at shallow depth north of the boundary between the Eurasia and Indian plates. Focal mechanism solutions indicate that rupture occurred on a roughly north-south striking fault, dipping moderately to either to the east or to the west. Continental collision between the India and Eurasia plates drives uplift of the Himalayan Mountains. Focal mechanism solutions of this earthquake indicate this event was associated with a normal fault oriented roughly perpendicular to the plate boundary north of the Himalayan Mountains within the Eurasian plate.
The region near the India and Eurasia plate boundary has a history of large earthquakes. In the past century, there have been 10 earthquakes of magnitude 6 and greater within 250 km of the January 7, 2025, earthquake. This includes the 2015 M7.3 Nepal earthquake, located about 160 km to the southwest and the 1934 M8.0 earthquake, located about 160 to the south-southwest. The 2015 M7.3 Nepal earthquake was an aftershock of the April 25, 2015 M7.8 Nepal earthquake. This sequence of 2015 events resulted in 8,669 fatalities and widespread damage.
No additional ALERTs are planned for this event. Please contact your Verisk representative with any additional questions.
Similar Stochastic Events | Downloads
Posting Date: January 7, 2025, 2:00:00 PM
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Similar Stochastic Event IDs
Note: These lists give event IDs taken from our stochastic catalog that have similar characteristics as the 7 January 2025 M7.1 earthquake in China.
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| TOUCHSTONE / Re | Excel (xls) | Selected set of stochastic events, with Readme in Excel format |  |
| TOUCHSTONE / Re | CSV (csv) | Selected set of stochastic events, formatted for import into Touchstone/Re | |
