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M3.9 Depth: 70.0 km

M3.9 Earthquake near xian qian xiang, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China)

UTC time: 2026-02-16 16:42:23 UTC Local time: —

About this earthquake

On February 16, 2026 at 16:42 UTC, a magnitude M3.9 earthquake occurred near xian qian xiang, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China). The earthquake originated at an intermediate depth of about 70 km. Shaking of this size is frequently noticed but usually harmless.

The event was recorded by EMSC.

Details

Magnitude
M3.9
Depth
70.0 km
UTC time
2026-02-16 16:42:23 UTC
Local time
—
Country
China
State
xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས།
City
xian qian xiang
County
gai ze xian སྒེར་རྩེ་རྫོང་།
Source
emsc
Coordinates
33.00000, 83.27000
Temperature
-16.4°C

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Depth profile

Depth profile Depth: 70 km (Intermediate) Surface Shallow Intermediate Deep 0 km 70 km 300 km 700 km 70 km
Intermediate
70 km
70 km — deeper than the regional average (20.3 km)
Regional average: 20.3 km
Why depth matters

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

Depth classes per USGS

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