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.

Details

Magnitude
M3.0
Depth
5.0 km
UTC time
2026-02-03 15:04:37 UTC
Local time
Country
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 (20.3 km)
Regional average: 20.3 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

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