June 26, 2011 Earthquake: Qinghai Province, China
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck Qinghai Province, China on June 26, 2011 at 07:48:16 UTC, 29 km below the surface.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- June 26, 2011
- Time
- 07:48:16 UTC
- Place
- Qinghai Province, China
- Magnitude
- 5.3 (mb)
- Focal depth
- 29 km (18 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 32.447° N, 95.948° E
- Country
- China
- Region
- Central Asia and Caucasus
- USGS record
- The USGS’s page for this earthquake
The toll
- 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.
Magnitude estimates
The magnitudes the USGS catalog lists for this earthquake, by scale and by who computed them. NCEI’s own scales are in the table above.
| 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 |
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Ten houses destroyed and cracks developed in 90 percent of houses in the epicentral area. Felt at Gyegu. (reference #1053)
Sources NCEI cites
The publications NCEI lists for this record. The numbers match the “reference #” notes in its account above.
- #1053 National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC) (1971 to 2013). Preliminary Determination of Epicenters (PDE), a weekly and monthly publication, National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Golden, Colorado, 1971 to 2013.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
More
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 9860. The written accounts and the magnitude estimates are from the USGS earthquake catalog, event usp000j3sd, matched to this record by time, place and magnitude.