M 4.4 earthquake – 60 km SSW of Sơn La, Vietnam
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Local time: May 10, 2026 · 19:52 (UTC+7)
LightShallow · 10 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 4.4body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 20.837, 103.65957 km from Chiềng Cơi
- Energy released
- 60 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
- 298USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Nov 12, 2025.
How strong was it?
Light earthquake. It released 60 tons of TNT, 7.9 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 Vietnam.
- 6.9 43 km W of Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam Jun 24, 1983
- 6.8 27 km SE of Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam Nov 1, 1935
- 6.7 41 km S of Luang Namtha, Laos Dec 22, 1925
- 6.4 69 km ENE of Jinghong, China Jan 31, 1942
- 6.3 50 km NNE of Chiang Klang, Thailand May 13, 1935
- 6.3 45 km NE of Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam Jun 24, 1983
- 6.2 67 km NNW of Sainyabuli, Laos Feb 12, 1934
- 6.2 43 km WNW of Sainyabuli, Laos Nov 20, 2019