Magnitude
M5.5
- Depth
- 10.0 km
- Source
- USGS
gan su sheng · dian ga zhen སྟེང་ཀ་གྲོང་རྡལ།
Country overviewChina · gan su sheng
M5.5 Earthquake near dian ga zhen སྟེང་ཀ་གྲོང་རྡལ།, gan su sheng (China)
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About this earthquake
A magnitude M5.5 earthquake was recorded near dian ga zhen སྟེང་ཀ་གྲོང་རྡལ།, gan su sheng (China) on January 26, 2026 at 06:56 UTC. The hypocenter lay relatively close to the surface at around 10 km, increasing how strongly it was felt. Events of this size can cause damage near the epicenter.
The event was recorded by USGS. China: 3 earthquakes were recorded in the past 24 hours, the strongest reaching M5.1.
Details
ID
4e43566a3d593393b05d3ba84df3a061946fcdd4
Magnitude
M5.5
Depth
10.0 km
UTC time
2026-01-26 06:56:02 UTC
Local time
—
Country
State
gan su sheng
City
dian ga zhen སྟེང་ཀ་གྲོང་རྡལ།
County
die bu xian ཐེ་བོ་རྫོང་།
Village
qia gao
Source
usgs
Coordinates
34.02780,
103.30470
Temperature
7.1°C
Depth profile
Shallow
10 km
10 km — shallower than the regional average (18.3 km)
Regional average: 18.3 km
Why depth matters
Shallow quakes release energy near the surface — shaking is felt more strongly and damage potential is higher.
Depth classes per USGS
Nearby population centers
Distances are straight-line distances from the epicenter. Population data: GeoNames.
PlaceDistanceDirectionPopulation
Dianga9.3 kmNW15'993
Linxia175.1 kmN274'466
Lanzhou230.8 kmN4'359'446
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Subsequent earthquakes nearby
Events recorded after this earthquake within 150 km. They are not automatically classified as aftershocks.
First 6 hours1
First 24 hours1
First 72 hours1
Strongest subsequent eventM5.3
China
Context for this earthquake
05 Oct 2025 – 05 Oct 2026 · M ≥ 3.0 · 555 Catalogue entries
Sufficiently reliable matching data are not currently available for a direct comparison. The area profile shows the available records and their limitations.
Open seismic profileHistorical context nearby
Comparison with recorded earthquakes before this event within 150 km.
Magnitude rank#1
Earlier events M≥44
Earlier events M≥52
Compared since2025-01-19
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Stats (last 24h)
Global (24h)
616
Country (24h)
China
3