Published on 09/01/2025
Foreign leaders and heads of international organizations have sent condolence messages to Chinese President Xi Jinping or expressed their sincere sympathies in other ways since a strong earthquake on Tuesday struck Dingri County in the city of Xigaze, China’s Xizang Autonomous Region.
A 5.5-magnitude earthquake jolted Madoi County in Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of northwest China’s Qinghai Province at 3:44 p.m. Wednesday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC).

The epicenter was monitored at 34.79 degrees north latitude and 97.51 degrees east longitude. The quake struck at a depth of 14 km, said a report issued by the CENC.