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M2.7 Depth: 5.0 km

M2.7 Earthquake near xia ya dong xiang, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China)

UTC time: 2026-05-15 05:56:36 UTC Local time: —

About this earthquake

On May 15, 2026 at 05:56 UTC, a magnitude M2.7 earthquake occurred near xia ya dong xiang, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China). With a focal depth of about 5 km, this was a shallow earthquake, whose shaking is usually felt more strongly at the surface. Events of this size typically go unnoticed.

The event was recorded by EMSC. China: over the past 24 hours, QuakeMap24 logged 2 earthquakes, the strongest at M4.8.

Details

Magnitude
M2.7
Depth
5.0 km
UTC time
2026-05-15 05:56:36 UTC
Local time
—
Country
China
State
xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས།
City
xia ya dong xiang
County
ya dong xian གྲོ་མོ་རྫོང།
Source
emsc
Coordinates
27.39500, 88.89500
Temperature
8.0°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 (21 km)
Regional average: 21 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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