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Quakes this month
13
Latest UTC: 2026-04-15 15:51:45
Strongest
M6.0
China [Land]
Country rank
#21
116 quakes in 2026 · out of 21 countries
Averages
M4.25 · 23 km
Avg this month: M3.95

Overview – China

The latest recorded earthquake in China was on 2026-04-15 at 15:51 UTC in 西藏自治区 བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། with magnitude M2.9.

In the current month, 13 earthquakes were recorded in China with an average magnitude of 3.95.

Most earthquakes in 2026 occurred in 西藏自治区 བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (52), followed by 新疆维吾尔自治区 شىنجاڭ ئۇيغۇر ئاپتونوم رايونی (27).

The strongest recorded earthquake in China reached magnitude M6.0 on 2025-12-04.

In 2026, 86% of events were M≥3 and 16% were M≥5.

All-time events
430
Strongest
M6.0
Latest (UTC)
2026-04-15 15:51:45 UTC

Strongest – China

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M6.0 China [Land]
UTC: 2025-12-04 07:44:09 UTC · Depth: 9 km

Map – China

Markers show the latest 30 earthquakes in China.

Recent earthquakes – China

Showing the latest 20 events from the QuakeMap24 database (UTC).

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M2.9 Depth: 94 km
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西藏自治区 བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། · 江嘎镇

Time (UTC) 2026-04-15 15:51:45 UTC
Coordinates 28.411, 87.799
Source emsc
M4.7 Depth: 10 km
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四川省 · 双才镇

Time (UTC) 2026-04-15 01:43:53 UTC
Coordinates 29.660, 105.060
Source gfz

Sichuan, China

M4.4 Depth: 10 km
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四川省 · 内江市

Time (UTC) 2026-04-15 01:43:52 UTC
Coordinates 29.580, 105.034
Source usgs

2 km W of Neijiang, China

M4.4 Depth: 10 km
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四川省 · 柳桥

Time (UTC) 2026-04-15 01:43:52 UTC
Coordinates 29.650, 105.240
Source emsc
M4.6 Depth: 10 km
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四川省 · 田家镇

Time (UTC) 2026-04-13 08:39:51 UTC
Coordinates 29.680, 105.170
Source gfz

Sichuan, China

M4.6 Depth: 10 km
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四川省 · 太安

Time (UTC) 2026-04-13 08:39:51 UTC
Coordinates 29.685, 105.169
Source emsc
M4.5 Depth: 10 km
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四川省 · 永兴寺

Time (UTC) 2026-04-13 08:39:50 UTC
Coordinates 29.797, 105.295
Source usgs

20 km NNW of Wujia, China

M2.6 Depth: 23 km
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西藏自治区 བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། · 琼孜乡

Time (UTC) 2026-04-12 01:22:10 UTC
Coordinates 27.909, 88.103
Source emsc
M4.2 Depth: 10 km
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四川省 · 史家镇

Time (UTC) 2026-04-11 04:38:05 UTC
Coordinates 29.650, 104.990
Source gfz

Sichuan, China

M4.6 Depth: 10 km
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新疆维吾尔自治区 شىنجاڭ ئۇيغۇر ئاپتونوم رايونی · 轮台县

Time (UTC) 2026-04-09 22:25:21 UTC
Coordinates 42.340, 84.640
Source gfz

Northern Xinjiang, China

M4.6 Depth: 8 km
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新疆维吾尔自治区 شىنجاڭ ئۇيغۇر ئاپتونوم رايونی · 轮台县

Time (UTC) 2026-04-09 22:25:21 UTC
Coordinates 42.281, 84.513
Source emsc
M2.5 Depth: 10 km
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西藏自治区 བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། · 定日县 དིང་རི་རྫོང།

Time (UTC) 2026-04-09 21:25:58 UTC
Coordinates 28.308, 87.375
Source emsc
M2.8 Depth: 10 km
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西藏自治区 བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། · 定日县 དིང་རི་རྫོང།

Time (UTC) 2026-04-07 04:34:41 UTC
Coordinates 28.120, 87.364
Source emsc
M3.2 Depth: 10 km
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西藏自治区 བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། · 错那市 མཚོ་སྣ་གྲོང་ཁྱེར།

Time (UTC) 2026-03-31 01:19:38 UTC
Coordinates 28.260, 91.653
Source emsc
M3.7 Depth: 10 km
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西藏自治区 བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། · 哲古镇

Time (UTC) 2026-03-29 11:24:51 UTC
Coordinates 28.521, 91.533
Source emsc
M3.2 Depth: 10 km
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西藏自治区 བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། · 定日县 དིང་རི་རྫོང།

Time (UTC) 2026-03-25 15:22:49 UTC
Coordinates 28.093, 87.483
Source emsc
M3.6 Depth: 26 km
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西藏自治区 བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། · 来多乡

Time (UTC) 2026-03-24 23:53:07 UTC
Coordinates 30.753, 86.457
Source emsc
M2.7 Depth: 10 km
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西藏自治区 བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། · 定日县 དིང་རི་རྫོང།

Time (UTC) 2026-03-21 20:13:55 UTC
Coordinates 28.425, 87.435
Source emsc
M3.7 Depth: 10 km
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西藏自治区 བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། · 定日县 དིང་རི་རྫོང།

Time (UTC) 2026-03-21 20:10:39 UTC
Coordinates 28.528, 87.433
Source emsc
M3.5 Depth: 10 km
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西藏自治区 བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། · 玉普乡

Time (UTC) 2026-03-17 19:58:22 UTC
Coordinates 29.550, 96.500
Source emsc

Charts – China

Distributions and trends based on the QuakeMap24 database.

Monthly activity (last 12 months)

2025-05
35
2025-06
36
2025-07
30
2025-08
23
2025-09
42
2025-10
53
2025-11
38
2025-12
55
2026-01
40
2026-02
50
2026-03
13
2026-04
13

Counts are per calendar month (UTC).

Magnitude distribution

0-1
0
1-2
0
2-3
27
3-4
103
4-5
237
5-6
62
6-7
1
7-8
0
8-9
0
9+
0

Based on the last 365 days (UTC).

Depth distribution

0-70
399
70-300
29
300-700
2
700+
0

Depth buckets are derived from the last 365 days (UTC).

Top regions – China

Regions are derived from the most specific available location fields (e.g. state, then city).

  1. 西藏自治区 བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས།
    Events: 190
  2. 新疆维吾尔自治区 شىنجاڭ ئۇيغۇر ئاپتونوم رايونی
    Events: 121
  3. 四川省
    Events: 34
  4. 云南省
    Events: 32
  5. 甘肃省
    Events: 18

FAQ – China

What is the latest recorded earthquake in China?
The newest entry in our database for China is dated 2026-04-15 15:51:45 UTC.
What was the strongest recorded earthquake in China?
The strongest recorded event in our database for China reached magnitude M6.0.
How many earthquakes are recorded for China?
QuakeMap24 currently contains 430 recorded earthquakes for China (all-time, based on our database).
What are typical average magnitude and depth in China?
Across all recorded events in China, the average magnitude is M4.25 and the average depth is 23 km.
Why do some events show city/state/village and others only a place name?
Locality labels depend on the available source data. Some providers deliver precise administrative levels; others provide a broader place description.
How can I explore more than the last 30 events?
Use the country history page for China to explore earthquake activity with filters.
How often is this page updated?
The content is generated from the QuakeMap24 database and refreshes as new events are ingested. Timestamps are shown in UTC for consistency.

Country history – China

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