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M2.9 Depth: 5.0 km

M2.9 Earthquake near cuo na shi མཚོ་སྣ་གྲོང་ཁྱེར།, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China)

UTC time: 2026-06-12 17:03:27 UTC Local time: —

About this earthquake

A magnitude M2.9 earthquake was recorded near cuo na shi མཚོ་སྣ་གྲོང་ཁྱེར།, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China) on June 12, 2026 at 17:03 UTC. With a focal depth of about 5 km, this was a shallow earthquake, whose shaking is usually felt more strongly at the surface. Earthquakes of this small magnitude are usually barely noticeable and cause no damage.

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Details

Magnitude
M2.9
Depth
5.0 km
UTC time
2026-06-12 17:03:27 UTC
Local time
—
Country
China
State
xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས།
City
cuo na shi མཚོ་སྣ་གྲོང་ཁྱེར།
Source
emsc
Coordinates
28.03700, 92.46700
Temperature
-3.0°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 (21.3 km)
Regional average: 21.3 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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