OBSERVED · EARTHQUAKE · USGS US6000U4TY

Magnitude 5.9, 218 km ENE of Nagqu, China.

Occurred 42 hours ago (2026-10-25 11:25 UTC). Record reviewed, last revised 18 hours ago. Fetched just now. Every number on this page comes from the USGS feed; the sentence is a template over those fields.

Magnitude 5.9 earthquake, 7 km deep, at 25 Oct 11:25 UTC. USGS places it "218 km ENE of Nagqu, China".

OBSERVED · USGS · M 5.9 · 2026-10-25 11:25 UTC

DERIVED. The last earthquake at least this strong within 100 km was magnitude 7.0 on 22 Oct 2026 ("191 km ENE of Nagqu, China"). USGS ComCat search: earthquakes within 100 km of this epicentre, magnitude 5.9 or more, from 1 Jan 1900 to just before this one, newest first. Magnitudes of different types are compared as the catalogue publishes them.

ESTIMATE · USGS PAGER · GREEN. The USGS's own estimate of likely fatalities and economic losses for this earthquake, from its PAGER model. ESTIMATE: the source's own model estimate, not a count. PAGER at the USGS

Epicentre at 32.462, 94.053 (USGS). The dashed ring is 100 km. Coastlines from Natural Earth (public domain), drawn from the coordinate; nothing placed by hand.

OBSERVED · USGS event us6000u4ty · reviewed · origin 2026-10-25 11:25 UTC · record updated 2026-10-26 11:33 UTC · 32.462, 94.053 · depth 7.0 km · significance 536Occurred 42 hours ago · record revised 18 hours ago · fetched 2026-10-27 05:40 UTC. The evidence class is OBSERVED because the USGS reports it happened; how recent the event or the revision is changes nothing about that. Felt reports are the “Did You Feel It?” reports people sent the USGS, not a count of who felt it. Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Hazards Program (public domain). This page is regenerated from the USGS event id and is not stored by yank.

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