M 5.0 earthquake – 22 km NW of Fuji, China
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Local time: Aug 28, 2026 · 13:13 (UTC+8)
ModerateShallow · 10 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 5.0body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 29.304, 105.22123 km from Fuji
- Energy released
- 477 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
- 385USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Aug 7, 2026.
How strong was it?
Moderate earthquake. It released 477 tons of TNT, 1 times the energy of 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 China.
- 7.9 58 km W of Tianpeng, China May 12, 2008
- 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 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