Magnitude
M4.3
- Depth
- 10.0 km
- Source
- EMSC
xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། · yan shi ping zhen ཡན་ཤིས་ཕིན།
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M4.3 Earthquake near yan shi ping zhen ཡན་ཤིས་ཕིན།, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China)
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About this earthquake
A magnitude M4.3 earthquake was recorded near yan shi ping zhen ཡན་ཤིས་ཕིན།, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China) on February 28, 2026 at 03:14 UTC. The hypocenter lay relatively close to the surface at around 10 km, increasing how strongly it was felt. Earthquakes of this magnitude are clearly felt; minor damage to vulnerable buildings is possible.
The data is provided by EMSC and cross-checked across seismological networks. China: 3 earthquakes were recorded in the past 24 hours, the strongest reaching M5.1.
Details
ID
686cfffcdb7576097fa7c7c846ff94375f0e20a3
Magnitude
M4.3
Depth
10.0 km
UTC time
2026-02-28 03:14:09 UTC
Local time
—
Country
State
xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས།
City
yan shi ping zhen ཡན་ཤིས་ཕིན།
County
an duo xian ཨ་མདོ་རྫོང།
Source
emsc
Coordinates
33.39000,
91.24000
Temperature
-9.3°C
Depth profile
Shallow
10 km
10 km — shallower than the regional average (18.3 km)
Regional average: 18.3 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
China
Context for this earthquake
05 Oct 2025 – 05 Oct 2026 · M ≥ 3.0 · 555 Catalogue entries
Sufficiently reliable matching data are not currently available for a direct comparison. The area profile shows the available records and their limitations.
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Stats (last 24h)
Global (24h)
615
Country (24h)
China
3