M 4.7 earthquake – 15 km WNW of Bowangshan, China
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Local time: Sep 27, 2026 · 02:31 (UTC+8)
LightShallow · 10 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 4.7body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 28.338, 104.89815 km from Bowangshan
- Energy released
- 169 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 1M2.5+ within 30 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 340USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Sep 25, 2026.
How strong was it?
Light earthquake. It released 169 tons of TNT, 2.8 times less than a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
1 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 30 km in the 60 days after.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around China.
- 7.0 42 km W of Xunchang, China Jul 30, 1917
- 6.8 92 km SSW of Luocheng, China May 16, 1936
- 6.8 72 km WSW of Xunchang, China May 10, 1974
- 6.7 93 km SSW of Luocheng, China Apr 26, 1936
- 6.6 59 km N of Xichang, China Sep 30, 1952
- 6.6 44 km SE of Kangding, China Sep 5, 2022
- 6.6 56 km WSW of Linqiong, China Apr 20, 2013
- 6.3 eastern Sichuan, China Dec 18, 1935