A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck Lhaze County in Xigaze City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region at 05:11 Monday, with no casualties reported so far, according to local authorities.
The epicenter was monitored at 28.91 degrees north latitude and 87.54 degrees east longitude, and is located 21 kilometers from Lhaze and 136 kilometers from Xigaze. The earthquake struck at a depth of 10 km, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.
The quake was strongly felt, waking some residents, according to local authorities in the county. Surveillance footage shows that some stores were affected to varying degrees during the earthquake.
Following the quake, the county promptly initiated response measures, with its townships assessing the impact. Fire and rescue teams from the county have been dispatched to the epicenter.
As of now, there have been no reported casualties. Water and electricity supplies, roads, and communications are functioning normally.
5.5-magnitude quake hits China's Xizang, no casualties reported
5.5-magnitude quake hits China's Xizang, no casualties reported
5.5-magnitude quake hits China's Xizang, no casualties reported
Axis powers during World War II should offer sincere reflection and apology, a Greek mayor said after Greece successfully repatriated a rare collection of 262 World War II-era photographs.
Greek officials traveled to Belgium to negotiate with the seller and brought the photographs back to Greece, after they were put up for sale online by a Belgian collector, said the Greek Culture Ministry.
The images were taken by Wehrmacht lieutenant Hermann Heuer, who served in Greece from 1943 to 1944, during World War II, and part of the collection documents the mass execution of Greek communists by Nazi troops in Kaisariani, east of Athens.
During World War II, German occupation in Greece met with fierce resistance. On May 1, 1944, German forces executed 200 Greeks at the Kaisariani firing range in retaliation for the killing of a German general by resistance fighters.
A memorial and a museum were set up after the war in Kaisariani to commemorate those who died in the mass execution.
"The photos really shocked us all because they were real documents from the day of the execution. We are shocked for many reasons. An important reason is that the 200 communists were singing with their heads held high before the execution in the photos, and they were not mourning because they were fighters," said Ilias Stamelos, mayor of Kaisariani.
The newly recovered photographs have drawn renewed attention to the historical trauma still felt in the community, as the images provide a direct visual record of the final moments of those executed.
In 1987, then German President Richard von Weizsaecker visited Greece and made a special stop in Kaisariani, reflecting on the profound suffering inflicted on the Greek people by Germany during World War II.
Ilias said that, like Germany, Japan, another Axis power during the war, should also be held accountable for the massive harm it caused to multiple countries and should offer sincere reflection and apology for its wartime aggression.
"And I think it's a common demand, because those responsible for the deaths in the World War II need to pay for what happened. It's known to all that back then it was Germany, Japan and Italy, the allies in this war, that each played different roles in the war, yet they do have common responsibilities," said the mayor.
Historic photos of Nazi mass execution of Greeks returned to Greece, mayor calls for historical accountability
