A recent magnitude-6.8 earthquake struck Dingri County in Xigaze, a city located in the southwest of China's Xizang Autonomous Region. In the aftermath, Fan Xuanmei, director of the State Key Laboratory of Geohazard Prevention and Geoenvironment Protection at Chengdu University of Technology, and her team conducted a thorough assessment of the situation.
According to their findings, there is a low chance of large-scale landslides resulting from the earthquake. Despite the tremor, there are currently no signs of immediate damage to the glacier lakes in the region.
However, Fan Xuanmei cautioned that “while there is no sign of immediate damage to the glacier lakes, the rising temperature and melting snow may raise the risk in the future,” she said. This highlights the ongoing challenges posed by changing climate conditions in earthquake-prone areas.
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Expert: Low chance of large-scale landslides after Xizang earthquake
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