Earthquake details

Wednesday, August 11, 1926 Earthquake

The earthquake hit China on Wednesday, August 11, 1926 at 05:47 UTC with a magnitude of 5.7. The closest known location in the current dataset is Kangding (China - CN), about 80.9 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 101.293 and latitude 29.559.

Magnitude	5.7
Alert	Strong
Depth	15.0 km
Coordinates	29.559, 101.293
UTC time	1926-08-11 05:47:39.870

Location	Kangding
Country	China (CN)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1926-08-11

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Kangding	80.9 km
Daocheng	112.7 km
Ya'an	171.5 km
Xichang	207.9 km
Leshan	239.2 km
Shangri-La	247.4 km
Meishan	251.6 km
Daxing	258.9 km
Luocheng	265.8 km
Chengdu	294.2 km
Juexi	296.9 km
Tianpeng	300.0 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.1 Kangding China · 2026-03-20 20:32 UTC	104.9 km
M 4.2 Kangding China · 2026-02-24 16:32 UTC	97.5 km
M 4.7 Kangding China · 2026-02-08 06:06 UTC	73.4 km

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