M5.0 earthquake 99 km SSE of La Gi, Vietnam
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 99 km SSE of La Gi, Vietnam on Wed, Jan 26, 2011, 2:24 PM GMT+7 (07:24 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0 (mwc), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 2011-01-26 07:24:27 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 9.888° N, 108.242° E
- Region
- Vietnam
- Felt reports
- 28
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
28 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 108°, dip 69°, rake -174°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 16°, dip 85°, rake -21°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 74°
- Stations used
- 47
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 0 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
None recorded.
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000htnx (also filed as usc000195h, iscgem15966147). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 9:48 AM UTC.