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M3.0 Depth: 5.0 km

M3.0 Earthquake near guo jia xiang, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China)

UTC time: 2026-02-03 15:04:37 UTC Local time: —

About this earthquake

A magnitude M3.0 earthquake was recorded near guo jia xiang, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China) on February 3, 2026 at 15:04 UTC. The hypocenter lay relatively close to the surface at around 5 km, increasing how strongly it was felt. Shaking of this size is frequently noticed but usually harmless.

The event was recorded by EMSC. China: 2 earthquakes were recorded in the past 24 hours, the strongest reaching M3.1.

Details

Magnitude
M3.0
Depth
5.0 km
UTC time
2026-02-03 15:04:37 UTC
Local time
—
Country
China
State
xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས།
City
guo jia xiang
County
ding jie xian གཏིང་སྐྱེས་རྫོང།
Village
nai cun
Source
emsc
Coordinates
28.39000, 87.59000
Temperature
-8.4°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 (18.5 km)
Regional average: 18.5 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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