Magnitude
M3.9
- Depth
- 70.0 km
- Source
- EMSC
xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། · xian qian xiang
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M3.9 Earthquake near xian qian xiang, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China)
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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. China: over the past 24 hours, QuakeMap24 logged 3 earthquakes, the strongest at M5.1.
Details
ID
48111e019b12dc0ccdf3f13b194f14493fa85159
Magnitude
M3.9
Depth
70.0 km
UTC time
2026-02-16 16:42:23 UTC
Local time
—
Country
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
Depth profile
Intermediate
70 km
70 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.
Depth classes per USGS
Volcanoes nearby
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Context for this earthquake
05 Oct 2025 – 05 Oct 2026 · M ≥ 3.0 · 555 Catalogue entries
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Stats (last 24h)
Global (24h)
615
Country (24h)
China
3