Magnitude
M2.8
- Depth
- 10.0 km
- Source
- EMSC
xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། · qiong zi xiang
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M2.8 Earthquake near qiong zi xiang, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China)
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About this earthquake
On January 16, 2026 at 08:37 UTC, a magnitude M2.8 earthquake occurred near qiong zi xiang, 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. 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 M5.1.
Details
ID
3c00deec90eea1cd408bcbb6eb293929157a79c1
Magnitude
M2.8
Depth
10.0 km
UTC time
2026-01-16 08:37:48 UTC
Local time
—
Country
State
xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས།
City
qiong zi xiang
County
ding jie xian གཏིང་སྐྱེས་རྫོང།
Village
e na
Source
emsc
Coordinates
28.18000,
88.02000
Temperature
-8.0°C
Depth profile
Shallow
10 km
10 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
Sufficiently reliable matching data are not currently available for a direct comparison. The area profile shows the available records and their limitations.
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Stats (last 24h)
Global (24h)
615
Country (24h)
China
3