China

M4.0 Earthquake near WESTERN XIZANG (China)

UTC time: 2025-12-02 10:00:05 UTC Local time: —
Magnitude
M4.0
Depth
143.1 km
Source
EMSC

xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས།

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About this earthquake

On December 2, 2025 at 10:00 UTC, a magnitude M4.0 earthquake occurred near WESTERN XIZANG (China). The earthquake originated at an intermediate depth of about 143 km. Tremors of this size are distinctly felt and can occasionally cause light damage.

The data is provided by EMSC and cross-checked across seismological networks. China: over the past 24 hours, QuakeMap24 logged 2 earthquakes, the strongest at M5.0.

Details

ID
2c701cdfc5278fa5b8e91437bd7dbece77a2fc1b
Magnitude
M4.0
Depth
143.1 km
UTC time
2025-12-02 10:00:05 UTC
Local time
—
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xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས།
Source
emsc
Coordinates
31.81120, 81.44970
Temperature
-10.5°C

Depth profile

Depth profile Depth: 143.1 km (Intermediate) Surface Shallow Intermediate Deep 0 km 70 km 300 km 700 km 143.1 km
Intermediate
143.1 km
143.1 km — deeper than the regional average (18.3 km)
Regional average: 18.3 km
Why depth matters

Intermediate-depth quakes are felt across a wider area but usually cause less surface damage.

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Context for this earthquake

05 Oct 2025 – 05 Oct 2026 · M ≥ 3.0 · 555 Catalogue entries

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