艾莎2026年10月23日A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck China’s southwestern region of Tibet on Thursday, killing at least 16 people and sending others fleeing outdoors, according to Chinese state media.据中国官方媒体报道，周四，一场7.0级地震袭击了中国西南部的西藏地区，造成至少16人死亡，许多人被迫逃到户外。The earthquake hit at 10:33 p.m. local time around 119 miles from the city of Nagqu in northern Tibet, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Several subsequent tremors were reported in the region. The quake left at least 54 people injured and destroyed more than 300 homes, state media reported.根据美国地质调查局的数据，地震发生在当地时间晚上10点33分，震中距离西藏北部城市那曲约190公里。据报道，该地区随后发生了多次余震。据官方媒体报道，地震造成至少54人受伤，300多栋房屋被毁。Video footage released by China’s state broadcaster showed dozens of people running from stores, restaurants and apartment buildings as the quake shook the ground. Soldiers and rescue workers were also shown loading water and food supplies onto military trucks and driving along a narrow road to reach the affected area.中国国家电视台发布的视频画面显示，地震引发地面晃动，数十人纷纷从商店、餐厅和公寓楼中奔跑出来。画面还显示，士兵和救援人员正将水和食物等物资装上军用卡车，沿着狭窄的公路驱车前往受灾地区。The quake disrupted water and electricity for residents living in villages around Maru township, the epicenter of the earthquake. There are around 7,605 residents in Maru, according to a 2020 census.地震导致震中玛如乡周边村庄居民的供水和供电中断。根据2020年的人口普查数据，玛如乡约有7605名居民。More than 1,600 search and rescue workers have been sent to the city of Nagqu, the official Chinese news agency, Xinhua, reported. Eleven of those injured were seriously hurt. At least one person trapped under rubble was successfully rescued.据中国官方通讯社新华社报道，已有1600多名搜救人员被派往那曲市。伤者中有11人受重伤。至少有一名被困在废墟下的被救者已被成功救出。Xi Jinping, China’s leader, called for “intensified effort” by rescue workers and urged officials to continue to monitor the situation and weather in the area, which is at a high altitude where the air is cold and snow is expected in the coming days.中国领导人习近平呼吁“全力开展”救援工作，并敦促官员们继续监测该地区的局势和天气。该地区海拔较高，气候寒冷，预计未来几天会有降雪。Nagqu is around 300 miles from Lhasa, the capital of Tibet. Annexed by Beijing in the 1950s, Tibet is tightly surveilled and has been a place of protest, including self-immolations, by Tibetans who have long fought to maintain their religious freedom and cultural identity, which is separate from the majority Han Chinese.那曲距离西藏首府拉萨约480公里。西藏于20世纪50年代被北京吞并，受到严格监控，长期以来一直是藏人抗议活动的发生地，包括自焚事件。长期以来，藏人一直在争取维护独立于占人口多数的汉族的宗教自由和文化身份。It is also one of the most underdeveloped parts of China, with many areas difficult to reach. Deadly floods that swept through another part of Tibet in September killed at least dozens in Tibet and 1,300 people in Nepal.西藏也是中国最欠发达的地区之一，许多地方难以抵达。今年9月，席卷西藏另一地区的致命洪流在西藏造成至少数十人死亡，在尼泊尔造成1300人死亡。The Himalayan region has recorded powerful earthquakes in the recent past. A magnitude-7.8 earthquake in Nepal in 2015 killed nearly 9,000 people.喜马拉雅地区在不久的过去曾录得强震。2015年尼泊尔发生的7.8级地震造成近9000人死亡。Murphy Zhao对本文有报道贡献。艾莎(Alexandra Stevenson)是《纽约时报》上海分社社长，报道中国经济和社会新闻。翻译：纽约时报中文网点击查看本文英文版。