MAJOR EARTHQUAKE
191 km ENE of Nagqu, China
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck 191 km ENE of Nagqu, China on 22 Oct 2026, 14:33 UTC. The hypocentre was 18 km below the surface — shallow by seismological convention. No felt reports have been received so far. The figures have been revised 6 times since the first report. 1 other earthquake above our reporting threshold has been recorded within 250 km in the past 30 days.
- Depth
- 18 km
- Latitude
- 32.38°N
- Time
- 14:33 UTC
- Magnitude
- M7.0
shallow
93.78°E longitude
22 Oct 2026
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EPICENTRE
MAGNITUDE 7.0
Can cause serious damage over large areas.
The scale is logarithmic: this released about 32 times the energy of a magnitude 6.0, roughly the energy of 477 thousand tonnes of TNT.
18 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.
NEARBY IN THE PAST 30 DAYS
1 earthquake above our reporting threshold within 250 km of this one, the largest a magnitude 5.2.
OTHER RECENT EARTHQUAKES
22 Oct 2026, 15:45 UTC · 10 km deep
22 Oct 2026, 15:12 UTC · 10 km deep
22 Oct 2026, 12:22 UTC · 10 km deep
22 Oct 2026, 10:57 UTC · 120 km deep