Moderate magnitude 4.4 earthquake at unknown depth9 Oct 01:21 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 10 minutes.I didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeOct 9, 2026 01:11:58 UTC - Local time at epicenterFriday, Oct 9, 2026, at 09:11 am (Asia/Shanghai GMT +8)Statuspreliminary (automatic detection)Magnitude4.40Depth10 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude28.3679°N / 88.5671°ERikaze Diqu, Tibet, ChinaAlso near: India 28 km (17 mi) away | Nepal 68 km (42 mi) away | Bhutan 91 km (57 mi) awaySeismic antipode28.3679°S / 91.433°WShaking intensityIV Light shaking near epicenterFelt0 reportsPrimary data sourceEMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)Weather at epicenter at time of quakeOvercast Clouds -0.8°C (30 F), humidity: 68%, wind: 0 m/s (0 kts) from WSWEstimated seismic energy released2.5 x 1011 joules (69.8 megawatt hours, equivalent to 60 tons of TNT) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 4.4 | about seismic energy23 minutes agoOct 9, 2026 01:11 GMT / Oct 9, 2026 09:11 am (Shanghai time)Lat / Lng: 28.3679 / 88.5671: China: Western XizangSource: EMSCDetail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-23422098',28.36790,88.56710,'23 minutes ago: Mag. 4.4, China: Western Xizang',html,'quakes-6-24.png',25,25,12,12,125]); function mkRep(id,notFelt){var nFelt=notFelt||false;var src="https://www.volcanoesandearthquakes.com/app/earthquake-report.php?quakeId="+id;if(nFelt==true){src+="¬Felt=true";}window.open(src,"","status=0,toolbar=0,location=0,directories=0,menubar=0,resizable=1,scrollbars=1,height=400,width=350");} function locationHashChanged(e){-1!=e.oldURL.indexOf("#popupMap")&&closePopup()} window.onhashchange = locationHashChanged; function comment(e){var t=e.parentNode,a=(t.dataset.id,document.getElementById("commentForm"));"none"==a.style.display?(t.appendChild(a),a.style.display="block"):a.style.display="none"}function sendComment(e){var t=e.parentNode,a=t.parentNode.dataset.id,n=document.getElementById("commentContent"),p=n.value.trim();if(p){var o="id="+a+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId;o+="&comment="+decodeURIComponent(p),mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",o,function(e){e.responseText;alert("Thank you for submitting your comment!"),t.style.display="none",n.value=""})}}function flagReport(e){var t=e.parentNode.dataset.id;if(confirm("Report this as inappropriate?")){var a="id="+t+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId+"&flagAsInappropriate=1";mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",a,function(t){var a=t.responseText;alert(a),e.style.display="none"})}}function likeReport(e){var t="id="+e.parentNode.dataset.id+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId+"&like=1";mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",t,function(t){t.responseText;e.style.opacity=.5})}]]>[smaller] [bigger]Most recent quakes Top 20 past 24 hrs Quakes in ChinaNearby placesThe closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Mangan, a town with 4,600 inhabitants in India, in 96 km (59 mi) distance south of the epicenter. People likely experienced weak shaking there. In the capital of Bhutan, Thimphu, 146 km (91 mi) away from the epicenter, the earthquake was probably felt as very weak shaking.The following table shows some of the places that might have been affected (or not) by the shaking.DistancePlaceMax. shaking intensity(*)RegionCountry96 km (59 mi)S of epicenterMangan(pop: 4,640)III: WeakMangan, SikkimIndia103 km (64 mi)N of epicenterXigazê(pop: 80,000)II: Very weakRikaze Diqu, TibetChina111 km (69 mi)NE of epicenterLuobuqiongzi(pop: 42,600)II: Very weakRikaze Diqu, TibetChina116 km (72 mi)S of epicenterGangtok(pop: 100,300)II: Very weakSikkimIndia118 km (73 mi)NE of epicenterJiangzi(pop: 10,000)II: Very weakRikaze Diqu, TibetChina145 km (90 mi)S of epicenterKalimpong(pop: 43,000)II: Very weakWest BengalIndia146 km (91 mi)SE of epicenterThimphu(pop: 98,700)II: Very weakThimphu Dzongkhag Bhutan151 km (94 mi)S of epicenterDarjiling(pop: 123,800)II: Very weakDarjiling, West BengalIndia155 km (96 mi)SE of epicenterPunakha(pop: 21,500)II: Very weakPunakha Dzongkhag Bhutan168 km (104 mi)S of epicenterKurseong(pop: 46,400)II: Very weakDarjiling, West BengalIndia173 km (108 mi)SW of epicenterKhadbari(pop: 22,900)II: Very weakSankhuwasabha, KoshiNepal174 km (108 mi)S of epicenterIlam(pop: 17,500)II: Very weakKoshiNepal185 km (115 mi)S of epicenterSiliguri(pop: 515,600)II: Very weakDarjiling, West BengalIndia187 km (116 mi)SE of epicenterJaigaon(pop: 158,700)II: Very weakAlipurduar, West BengalIndia187 km (116 mi)SE of epicenterPhuntsholing(pop: 27,700)II: Very weakChhukha Dzongkhag Bhutan191 km (118 mi)S of epicenterNaksalbari(pop: 57,300)II: Very weakDarjiling, West BengalIndia191 km (119 mi)S of epicenterGoyerkata(pop: 66,400)II: Very weakJalpaiguri, West BengalIndia194 km (120 mi)S of epicenterBirpara(pop: 30,000)II: Very weakAlipurduar, West BengalIndia195 km (121 mi)NE of epicenterNyemo(pop: 30,000)II: Very weakLhasa Shi, TibetChina196 km (122 mi)SW of epicenterDhankuta(pop: 22,100)II: Very weakKoshiNepal196 km (122 mi)SE of epicenterHasimara(pop: 40,000)II: Very weakAlipurduar, West BengalIndia202 km (126 mi)S of epicenterMainaguri(pop: 29,500)II: Very weakJalpaiguri, West BengalIndia203 km (126 mi)S of epicenterDhupgari(pop: 41,200)II: Very weakJalpaiguri, West BengalIndia207 km (128 mi)S of epicenterJalpaiguri(pop: 107,800)II: Very weakWest BengalIndia214 km (133 mi)SW of epicenterDharan(pop: 173,100)II: Very weakSunsari, KoshiNepal226 km (141 mi)S of epicenterPanchagarh(pop: 48,500)II: Very weakRangpur DivisionBangladesh228 km (142 mi)SW of epicenterItahari(pop: 48,000)II: Very weakSunsari, KoshiNepal230 km (143 mi)SE of epicenterAlipur Duar(pop: 65,200)II: Very weakAlipurduar, West BengalIndia237 km (147 mi)S of epicenterIslampur(pop: 55,700)II: Very weakUttar Dinajpur, West BengalIndia238 km (148 mi)NE of epicenterQuxu(pop: 41,900)II: Very weakLhasa Shi, TibetChina241 km (150 mi)SW of epicenterInaruwa(pop: 70,100)II: Very weakSunsari, KoshiNepal243 km (151 mi)S of epicenterKoch Bihar(pop: 78,700)II: Very weakCooch Behar, West BengalIndia248 km (154 mi)SW of epicenterBiratnagar(pop: 244,800)II: Very weakMorang, KoshiNepal254 km (158 mi)SW of epicenterTriyuga(pop: 71,400)II: Very weakUdaipur, KoshiNepal263 km (164 mi)SW of epicenterForbesganj(pop: 50,500)II: Very weakAraria, State of BiharIndia271 km (169 mi)SW of epicenterRajbiraj(pop: 69,800)II: Very weakSaptari, MadheshNepal274 km (170 mi)NE of epicenterDeqen(pop: 62,400)II: Very weakLhasa Shi, TibetChina275 km (171 mi)SW of epicenterLahan(pop: 103,000)II: Very weakSiraha, MadheshNepal276 km (171 mi)NE of epicenterDoilungdeqen(pop: 137,500)II: Very weakLhasa Shi, TibetChina285 km (177 mi)NE of epicenterLhasa(pop: 118,700)II: Very weakTibetChinaNotes:(*) Shaking intensity according to the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale (MMI) and estimated using seismic models.User-reports for this quakeThere are no user reports for this quake yet.If you felt it, be the first to report it!Get the Android appCompare Quake DataData for the same earthquake as reported by different agenciesThe more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.MagDepthTime GMT2026-10-9EpicenterAgency4.410 km6.2 mi(*)01:11:58WESTERN XIZANGEMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)Notes:(*) A depth given as 10 km often means that the the depth of the quake could be not determined with sufficient accuracy.Aftershocks for this quakeNo aftershocks have been recorded so far. When aftershocks are detected, we will update this section.What are aftershocks?Larger earthquakes (above magnitude 5 or so) such as this one are usually followed by smaller ones known as aftershocks that occur in the same area during the days, weeks, months or even years after the main shock.[More info]What about this quake?Based on its magnitude, the fault that was active during the quake likely ruptured beneath a surface area of approximately 3 km2 (1 square miles) as a first-order estimate. The length of the rupture zone thus was probably around 3 km (2 mi).[More info]Recorded aftershocks, latest first (0 quake)Oct 9, 2026 09:11 am (Shanghai)23 minutes ago4.410 km0 km - This quake103 km S of Xigazê, Tibet, ChinaMain Shock (this quake)MoreMap of aftershocksEarthquake statisticsAverage number of earthquakesBased on data from the past 56 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 38.5 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi):Mag. 5 or higher: 0.15 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 6.8 years)Mag. 4 or higher: 5.6 quakes per yearMag. 3 or higher: 27.5 quakes per yearMag. 2 or higher: 37.9 quakes per year (or 3.2 quakes per month)The area where this quake occurred has a high level of seismic activity. It has had at least 9 quakes above magnitude 5 since 1970, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 5 to 10 years.Number of quakes per yearPrevious quakes in the same area of this earthquakeStrongest in 1 year 7 weeksThe earthquake was the strongest to hit this part of China in over 1 year 7 weeks. Earlier, the last quake of equal or greater strength near the present epicenter had been a magnitude 4.5 earthquake on Tuesday, Aug 19, 2025, at 03:32 pm local time (Asia/Shanghai GMT +8) in 66 km (41 mi) distance to the west:Mag. 4.5 earthquake 138 km southwest of Xigazê - Tibet, China - Aug 19, 2025 -The strongest-ever (since 1900) recorded quake in this area measured magnitude 8.0. It had occurred 93 years ago earlier, on Monday, Jan 15, 1934, at 08:43 am local time (Universal Time GMT +0) in Koshi, Nepal:Mag. 8.0 earthquake 59 km northeast of Triyuga - Koshi, Nepal - Jan 15, 1934 -Below is a list and map of larger or recent quakes that had occurred near the epicenter before this earthquake (within up to 100 km/61 mi distance, up to 300 km/183 mi for very large quakes above mag. 7). Filter and sort the list by magnitude or time.Max results102050100AllMagnitudeAll2+3+4+5+6+7+8+Time before48 hours1 week30 days1 year5 years30 yearsAny ageDate and TimeMagDepthDistanceLocationDetailsMapSep 13, 02:04 pm (Kathmandu)4.270 km89 km (55 mi) to the SW NepalInfoMay 27, 06:57 am (Shanghai)4.230 km55 km (34 mi) to the N 56 km southwest of Xigazê, Tibet, ChinaInfoMar 21, 08:46 pm (Kolkata)4.114 km90 km (56 mi) to the SMangan, Sikkim, 66 km northeast of Darjiling, Darjiling, West Bengal, India 26 reportsInfoFeb 16, 02:05 pm (Shanghai)4.210 km92 km (57 mi) to the W Western XizangInfoJan 14, 02:57 pm (Shanghai)4.390 km82 km (51 mi) to the SW NepalInfoAug 19, 2025 03:32 pm (Shanghai)4.510 km66 km (41 mi) to the W 138 km southwest of Xigazê, Tibet, ChinaInfoJan 21, 2025 05:03 am (Shanghai)5.010 km98 km (61 mi) to the W 160 km southwest of Xigazê, Tibet, China 5 reportsInfoJan 20, 2025 01:56 am (Shanghai)4.510 km100 km (62 mi) to the W 164 km southwest of Xigazê, Tibet, ChinaInfoJan 18, 2025 11:36 pm (Shanghai)4.810 km94 km (59 mi) to the W Southern Tibetan Plateau 1 reportInfoJan 7, 2025 09:05 am (Shanghai)7.110 km119 km (74 mi) to the W 165 km southwest of Xigazê, Tibet, China 322 reportsInfoDec 5, 2023 12:49 am (Kathmandu)4.470 km95 km (59 mi) to the SW 79 km northeast of Khadbari, Koshi, NepalInfoNov 28, 2023 06:15 am (Shanghai)4.775 km84 km (52 mi) to the NW 124 km southwest of Xigazê, Tibet, China 2 reportsInfoNov 20, 2021 04:00 pm (Kathmandu)4.7111 km87 km (54 mi) to the SWKoshi, NepalInfoFeb 5, 2021 03:58 am (Kathmandu)4.510 km77 km (48 mi) to the SW Sikkim, India 3 reportsInfoMay 22, 2016 09:48 am (Shanghai)5.210 km102 km (63 mi) to the W 162 km southwest of Xigazê, Tibet, ChinaInfoMay 12, 2015 12:50 pm (Kathmandu)7.115 km249 km (155 mi) to the W Nepal 658 reportsInfoAug 22, 2014 11:59 pm (Shanghai)4.460 km85 km (53 mi) to the SWTibet, ChinaInfoJul 16, 2013 03:39 am (Shanghai)4.810 km90 km (56 mi) to the W Xizang 5 reportsInfoDec 29, 2011 05:28 am (Kolkata)4.610 km101 km (63 mi) to the SMangan, 16 km north of Gangtok, Gangtok, Sikkim, IndiaInfoSep 18, 2011 06:42 pm (Kolkata)4.840 km94 km (59 mi) to the SMangan, 22 km north of Gangtok, Gangtok, Sikkim, IndiaInfoSep 18, 2011 06:10 pm (Kolkata)6.950 km82 km (51 mi) to the SW 94 km north of Ilam, Koshi, NepalInfoNov 18, 2008 07:52 am (Shanghai)4.612 km97 km (60 mi) to the N 64 km west of Xigazê, Tibet, ChinaInfoMay 25, 2008 10:28 am (Universal Time)4.410 km78 km (49 mi) to the NE western Xizang (China)InfoMar 27, 2005 04:32 am (Shanghai)4.771 km64 km (40 mi) to the W 144 km southwest of Xigazê, Tibet, ChinaInfoFeb 27, 2004 12:53 pm (Universal Time)4.868 km93 km (58 mi) to the W western Xizang (China)InfoDec 1, 1998 01:35 pm (Shanghai)4.833 km102 km (63 mi) to the SW 75 km NE of Kh??db?ri??, NepalInfoNov 26, 1998 03:59 pm (Kathmandu)5.173 km95 km (59 mi) to the SW 80 km northeast of Khadbari, Koshi, NepalInfoApr 26, 1996 10:15 pm (Kathmandu)5.033 km95 km (59 mi) to the SW 73 km NW of Gyalshing, IndiaInfoApr 5, 1992 01:43 am (Shanghai)4.933 km63 km (39 mi) to the SW 151 km southwest of Xigazê, Tibet, ChinaInfoDec 21, 1991 07:52 pm (Universal Time)4.957 km67 km (41 mi) to the SWMangan, 79 km northwest of Gangtok, Gangtok, Sikkim, IndiaInfoJan 9, 1990 10:29 am (Shanghai)5.579 km43 km (27 mi) to the W 134 km southwest of Xigazê, Tibet, ChinaInfoMar 20, 1977 04:35 pm (Shanghai)5.133 km67 km (41 mi) to the W 150 km southwest of Xigazê, Tibet, ChinaInfoNov 26, 1975 11:02 pm (Shanghai)5.133 km91 km (57 mi) to the W 158 km southwest of Xigazê, Tibet, ChinaInfoMar 29, 1975 10:57 am (Shanghai)4.835 km56 km (35 mi) to the W 119 km southwest of Xigazê, Tibet, ChinaInfoDec 4, 1971 04:38 pm (Shanghai)5.029 km78 km (49 mi) to the SW NepalInfoDec 28, 1966 11:59 am (Shanghai)5.233 km59 km (37 mi) to the SETibet, ChinaInfoOct 25, 1964 09:10 pm (Kolkata)4.80 km52 km (32 mi) to the SMangan, 64 km north of Gangtok, Gangtok, Sikkim, IndiaInfoJan 15, 1934 08:43 am (Universal Time)8.015 km201 km (125 mi) to the SW 59 km northeast of Triyuga, Koshi, NepalInfoMap of earlier quakes in the area of this quakeMax results102050100AllMagnitudeAll2+3+4+5+6+7+8+Time before48 hours1 week30 days1 year5 years30 yearsAny ageOldest quakes are shown in yellow, most recent in red.[quakes -][quakes +][smaller][bigger]