M 5.5 earthquake – 170 km SE of Khovd, Mongolia
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Local time: Apr 26, 2026 · 11:23 (UTC+7)
ModerateShallow · 11 kmPAGER green
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- Magnitude
- 5.5moment magnitude (mww)
- Depth
- 11 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 46.814, 93.053170 km from Khovd
- Energy released
- 2.7 kilotons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- 2"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- 6.7max. instrumental (MMI)
- Aftershocks
- 1M2.5+ within 30 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 466USGS score, 0–1,000+
The strongest here since 2020
The last earthquake at least as strong within 300 km struck on Mar 20, 2020.
How strong was it?
Moderate earthquake. It released 2.7 kilotons of TNT, 5.6 times the energy of 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 Mongolia.
- 7.9 172 km SE of Altay, China Aug 10, 1931
- 7.3 148 km ESE of Altay, China Aug 18, 1931
- 6.7 220 km SW of Altai, Mongolia Jul 4, 1974
- 6.4 95 km NW of Altai, Mongolia Sep 14, 1923
- 6.4 146 km SE of Altay, China Nov 5, 1931
- 6.4 73 km ESE of Khovd, Mongolia Dec 17, 1938
- 6.4 247 km SSW of Khovd, Mongolia Feb 13, 1933
- 6.1 279 km NW of Hami, China Jan 27, 1936
In the week before
Earthquakes within 30 km in the 7 days before this one: possible foreshocks.