LIGHT EARTHQUAKE
18 km SW of Mongar, Bhutan
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 18 km SW of Mongar, Bhutan on 19 Sept 2026, 10:31 UTC. The hypocentre was 10 km below the surface — shallow by seismological convention. The figures have been revised 4 times since the first report.
- Depth
- 10 km
- Latitude
- 27.16°N
- Time
- 10:31 UTC
- Magnitude
- M4.8
shallow
91.10°E longitude
19 Sept 2026
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EPICENTRE
MAGNITUDE 4.8
Noticeable shaking of indoor objects. Damage is unlikely.
The scale is logarithmic: this released about 500 times the energy of a magnitude 3.0, roughly the energy of 239 tonnes of TNT.
10 KM DEEP
Shallow earthquakes release their energy close to the surface, so they are felt more strongly, and do more damage, than deeper earthquakes of the same magnitude.
OTHER RECENT EARTHQUAKES
19 Sept 2026, 09:59 UTC · 77.6 km deep
19 Sept 2026, 09:34 UTC · 394.1 km deep
19 Sept 2026, 07:44 UTC · 10 km deep
19 Sept 2026, 07:12 UTC · 10 km deep