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M5.5 Depth: 10.0 km

M5.5 Earthquake near dian ga zhen སྟེང་ཀ་གྲོང་རྡལ།, gan su sheng (China)

UTC time: 2026-01-26 06:56:02 UTC Local time: —
M5.5 earthquake near dian ga zhen སྟེང་ཀ་གྲོང་རྡལ། on Jan 26, 2026 — map of epicenter and shaking intensity | QuakeMap24
M5.5 Earthquake near dian ga zhen སྟེང་ཀ་གྲོང་རྡལ།, gan su sheng (China) · 2026-01-26 06:56:02 UTC

About this earthquake

On January 26, 2026 at 06:56 UTC, a magnitude M5.5 earthquake occurred near dian ga zhen སྟེང་ཀ་གྲོང་རྡལ།, gan su sheng (China). The hypocenter lay relatively close to the surface at around 10 km, increasing how strongly it was felt. Earthquakes of this magnitude can damage poorly built structures.

The event was recorded by GFZ.

Details

Magnitude
M5.5
Depth
10.0 km
UTC time
2026-01-26 06:56:02 UTC
Local time
—
Country
China
State
gan su sheng
City
dian ga zhen སྟེང་ཀ་གྲོང་རྡལ།
County
die bu xian ཐེ་བོ་རྫོང་།
Source
gfz
Coordinates
34.06000, 103.39000
Temperature
7.1°C

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Depth profile

Depth profile Depth: 10 km (Shallow) Surface Shallow Intermediate Deep 0 km 70 km 300 km 700 km 10 km
Shallow
10 km
10 km — shallower than the regional average (20.3 km)
Regional average: 20.3 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
Dianga16.3 kmW15'993
Linxia172.1 kmN274'466
Tianshui223.6 kmE1'212'791

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Historical context nearby

Comparison with recorded earthquakes before this event within 150 km.

Magnitude rank#3
Earlier events M≥49
Earlier events M≥56
Compared since2025-01-19

The QuakeMap24 comparison dataset begins on 2024-03-23. Earlier earthquakes may not be included.

Strongest earlier events

M5.82025-09-26 21:49:59 UTC145.7 kmGansu, China M5.82025-09-26 21:49:58 UTC146.1 km M5.52025-09-26 21:50:00 UTC149.1 kmGansu, China [Land: China] M5.52026-01-26 06:56:01 UTC18.5 kmdian ga zhen སྟེང་ཀ་གྲོང་རྡལ། M5.42025-09-26 21:49:59 UTC140.1 kmEvent of magnitude 5.4, near of Lanzhou (Monde)

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