M5.3 earthquake 186 km NW of Qamdo, China
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 186 km NW of Qamdo, China on Sun, Jun 26, 2011, 3:48 PM GMT+8 (07:48 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.3 (Mwc, centroid moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2011-06-26 07:48:16 UTC
- Depth
- 29.3 km (18.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.447° N, 95.948° E
- Region
- China
- Strongest shaking
- V, moderate shaking
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.3 | Mwc, centroid moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 5.28 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
Deaths and damage
From NOAA NCEI’s Significant Earthquake Database (record 9860), matched to this event by time and place.
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
- Houses destroyed
- 10
- Houses damaged
- Many (101 to 1,000)
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Ten houses destroyed and cracks developed in 90 percent of houses in the epicentral area. Felt at Gyegu.
From the USGS event page for usp000j3sd. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- V, moderate shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 10.4% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- 1.8 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique normal
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 182°, dip 63°, rake -149°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 77°, dip 63°, rake -31°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
- Station coverage gap
- 58°
- Stations used
- 199
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 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 usp000j3sd (also filed as iscgem16682702). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:01 AM UTC.