M5.3 Earthquake Recorded Near Xizang

GEOFON GFZ reports M5.3 near Xizang, with a 40.3 km catalog depth.

Published 2026-10-22T15:53:40.556Z · Updated 2026-10-22T16:57:40.791Z

Update: the reporting agency revised this event's catalog depth from 10.0 km to 40.3 km.

The event began at Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:12:09 GMT. GEOFON GFZ reports magnitude 5.3, 40.3 km catalog depth, and coordinates 32.466, 93.930.

The catalog location label is Xizang; no separate nearest-city field was supplied with this solution. By catalog depth, this is an intermediate-depth event. The magnitude-derived energy estimate is 6.46e+12 joules, or about 1,543 tons of TNT equivalent; that calculation describes source energy, not local damage.

The current catalog entry does not include a public felt-report count. No separate intensity or catalog-significance detail is available from this provider record. No official casualty or damage statement is attached to the normalized event evidence.

GEOFON GFZ has not supplied a review status in the normalized record. No station-count, phase-count, residual, gap, or uncertainty fields were supplied in the normalized record. No alternate network solution is attached to this record.

The provider record does not carry a tsunami flag at publication time. Magnitude, depth, and location can change as monitoring networks add observations and review the solution.