Magnitude
M2.5
- Depth
- 27.0 km
- Source
- EMSC
xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། · qiong zi xiang
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M2.5 Earthquake near qiong zi xiang, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China)
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About this earthquake
On February 20, 2026 at 23:17 UTC, a magnitude M2.5 earthquake occurred near qiong zi xiang, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China). With a focal depth of about 27 km, this was a shallow earthquake, whose shaking is usually felt more strongly at the surface. Events of this size typically go unnoticed.
The data is provided by EMSC and cross-checked across seismological networks. China: 3 earthquakes were recorded in the past 24 hours, the strongest reaching M5.1.
Details
ID
107e55f253dd37b0b79eeaba705c8ea6c36a4a95
Magnitude
M2.5
Depth
27.0 km
UTC time
2026-02-20 23:17:20 UTC
Local time
—
Country
State
xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས།
City
qiong zi xiang
County
ding jie xian གཏིང་སྐྱེས་རྫོང།
Source
emsc
Coordinates
27.93000,
88.11000
Temperature
-12.6°C
Depth profile
Shallow
27 km
27 km — deeper than the regional average (18.3 km)
Regional average: 18.3 km
Why depth matters
Shallow quakes release energy near the surface — shaking is felt more strongly and damage potential is higher.
Depth classes per USGS
China
Context for this earthquake
05 Oct 2025 – 05 Oct 2026 · M ≥ 2.0 · 597 Catalogue entries
Sufficiently reliable matching data are not currently available for a direct comparison. The area profile shows the available records and their limitations.
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Stats (last 24h)
Global (24h)
615
Country (24h)
China
3