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M3.8 Depth: 5.0 km

M3.8 Earthquake near chen tang zhen, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China)

UTC time: 2026-02-22 01:46:22 UTC Local time: —

About this earthquake

A magnitude M3.8 earthquake was recorded near chen tang zhen, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China) on February 22, 2026 at 01:46 UTC. With a focal depth of about 5 km, this was a shallow earthquake, whose shaking is usually felt more strongly at the surface. Shaking of this size is frequently noticed but usually harmless.

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Details

Magnitude
M3.8
Depth
5.0 km
UTC time
2026-02-22 01:46:22 UTC
Local time
—
Country
China
State
xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས།
City
chen tang zhen
County
ding jie xian གཏིང་སྐྱེས་རྫོང།
Village
bi tang cun
Source
emsc
Coordinates
27.88000, 87.43000
Temperature
-1.8°C

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Depth profile

Depth profile Depth: 5 km (Shallow) Surface Shallow Intermediate Deep 0 km 70 km 300 km 700 km 5 km
Shallow
5 km
5 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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