Magnitude
M2.7
- Depth
- 5.0 km
- Source
- EMSC
xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། · xia ya dong xiang
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M2.7 Earthquake near xia ya dong xiang, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China)
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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 3 earthquakes, the strongest at M5.0.
Details
ID
34968f121148a194fb3b42efbf63a8f4ea1fe4ee
Magnitude
M2.7
Depth
5.0 km
UTC time
2026-05-15 05:56:36 UTC
Local time
—
Country
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
Depth profile
Shallow
5 km
5 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 ≥ 2.0 · 597 Catalogue entries
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Stats (last 24h)
Global (24h)
611
Country (24h)
China
3