M 4.0 earthquake – 29 km SW of Turt, Mongolia
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Local time: Jan 8, 2026 · 07:51 (UTC+8)
LightShallow · 11 km
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- Magnitude
- 4.0body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 11 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 51.347, 100.331191 km from Mörön
- Energy released
- 15 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 30 km
- Significance
- 246USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Oct 21, 2025.
How strong was it?
Light earthquake. It released 15 tons of TNT, 32 times less than a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Mongolia.
- 7.9 The 1905 Tsetserleg, Mongolia Earthquake Jul 9, 1905
- 6.9 33 km NE of Turt, Mongolia Apr 4, 1950
- 6.9 80 km ESE of Kungurtug, Russia Jul 11, 1905
- 6.9 76 km W of Mörön, Mongolia Jul 14, 1905
- 6.7 29 km SSW of Turt, Mongolia Jan 11, 2021
- 6.4 64 km NE of Kungurtug, Russia Dec 27, 1991
- 6.3 10 km N of Baykal’sk, Russia Aug 27, 2008
- 6.1 33 km W of Mörön, Mongolia Jan 10, 1915