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M3.9 Depth: 10.0 km

M3.9 Earthquake near pu lan zhen, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China)

UTC time: 2026-01-13 18:20:11 UTC Local time: —

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.

Details

Magnitude
M3.9
Depth
10.0 km
UTC time
2026-01-13 18:20:11 UTC
Local time
—
Country
China
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

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Depth profile

Depth profile Depth: 10 km (Shallow) Surface Shallow Intermediate Deep 0 km 70 km 300 km 700 km 10 km
Shallow
10 km
10 km — shallower than the regional average (20.3 km)
Regional average: 20.3 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

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