Magnitude
M3.9
- Depth
- 10.0 km
- Source
- EMSC
xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། · pu lan zhen
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M3.9 Earthquake near pu lan zhen, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China)
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About this earthquake
On January 13, 2026 at 18:20 UTC, a magnitude M3.9 earthquake occurred near pu lan zhen, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China). With a focal depth of about 10 km, this was a shallow earthquake, whose shaking is usually felt more strongly at the surface. Earthquakes of this magnitude are often felt but rarely cause damage.
The event was recorded by EMSC. China: 3 earthquakes were recorded in the past 24 hours, the strongest reaching M5.1.
Details
ID
15a2311e20804ff861a2187b9a3f800449c6d1c1
Magnitude
M3.9
Depth
10.0 km
UTC time
2026-01-13 18:20:11 UTC
Local time
—
Country
State
xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས།
City
pu lan zhen
County
pu lan xian སྤུ་ཧྲེང་རྫོང་།
Village
Gurla Phug
Source
emsc
Coordinates
30.49000,
81.25000
Temperature
-15.1°C
Depth profile
Shallow
10 km
10 km — shallower 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 ≥ 3.0 · 555 Catalogue entries
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Stats (last 24h)
Global (24h)
615
Country (24h)
China
3