Reviewed by USGSChina29d ago
M5.0 earthquake 22 km NW of Fuji, China
Friday, August 28, 2026, 05:13:35 UTC · 29.304°N, 105.221°E
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 22 km NW of Fuji, China on Friday, August 28, 2026, 05:13:35 UTC, at a depth of 10.0 km (shallow). It is the strongest earthquake within 300 km since an M5.1 on August 7, 2026.
- Magnitude
- 5.0
- Moderate · mb
- Depth
- 10 km
- Shallow
- Felt reports
- 0
- Did You Feel It?
- Est. shaking
- —
- No ShakeMap
- PAGER alert
- None
- Not issued
- Tsunami
- No flag
- USGS feed
Outlined circle: this earthquake
In context
How big was it, and why here?
Energy released
477 tons of TNT
That is about 1/32 of the Hiroshima bomb. Each whole step in magnitude is about 32 times more energy.
Tectonic setting
58 km
from the nearest mapped plate boundary, between the Eurasian and Yangtze plates. Earthquakes cluster along boundaries like this one, where plates collide, pull apart or slide past each other.
Depth: shallow
10 km
Shallow earthquakes (under 70 km) produce the strongest surface shaking for their size, so they are the ones most likely to cause damage near the epicenter.
Did You Feel It?
Where it was felt
No “Did You Feel It?” reports have been published for this event yet. If you felt it, you can add your report on the USGS website.
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Who was exposed to shaking
USGS publishes PAGER impact estimates for significant earthquakes, usually within an hour. No PAGER estimate is available for this event.
After the main event
Aftershocks within 75 km
USGS has not published any M2.5+ earthquake within 75 km since this event.
Regional history
Past M5+ earthquakes within 300 km
USGS lists 156 M5.0+ earthquakes within 300 km before this one (catalog from 1900; older records are less complete). The strongest:
- 7.958 km W of Tianpeng, ChinaMay 12, 2008 · 263 km NW of this epicenter
- 7.042 km W of Xunchang, ChinaJuly 30, 1917 · 135 km SW of this epicenter
- 6.892 km SSW of Luocheng, ChinaMay 16, 1936 · 169 km SW of this epicenter
- 6.872 km WSW of Xunchang, ChinaMay 10, 1974 · 167 km SW of this epicenter
- 6.793 km SSW of Luocheng, ChinaApril 26, 1936 · 171 km SW of this epicenter
- 6.644 km SE of Kangding, ChinaSeptember 5, 2022 · 292 km W of this epicenter
- 6.656 km WSW of Linqiong, ChinaApril 20, 2013 · 251 km NW of this epicenter
- 6.3eastern Sichuan, ChinaDecember 18, 1935 · 170 km W of this epicenter
History · NOAA
Deadliest earthquakes in this area
NOAA’s significant-earthquake database lists 44 damaging, deadly or tsunami-generating earthquakes within 300 km of this epicenter since 1700, which together caused about 110,871 recorded deaths. The most severe:
- 2008M7.9
Sichuan Province
12 May 2008 · 256 km away · intensity IX
87,652 deaths$86 billion damagetsunami
- 1974M7.1
Yunnan And Sichuan Provinces, Chao-T'Ung
10 May 1974 · 167 km away
20,000 deathsSevere damage ($5–24M)
- 1917M6.8
Yunnan Province
30 Jul 1917 · 188 km away · intensity IX
1,800 deathsExtreme damage ($25M+)
- 2014M6.2
Yunnan: Ludian: Longtoushan, Zhaotong
3 Aug 2014 · 295 km away · intensity VII
615 deaths$5.0 billion damage
- 1933M5.0
Sichuan Province
20 Sep 1933 · 264 km away · intensity VI
200 deathsLimited damage (under $1M)
- 2013M6.6
Sichuan Province: Longmen
20 Apr 2013 · 251 km away
196 deaths$6.8 billion damage
NOAA NCEI Global Significant Earthquake Database. Historical figures are estimates; older records are incomplete.