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M4.3 Depth: 10.0 km

M4.3 Earthquake near yan shi ping zhen ཡན་ཤིས་ཕིན།, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China)

UTC time: 2026-02-28 03:14:09 UTC Local time: —

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.

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Details

Magnitude
M4.3
Depth
10.0 km
UTC time
2026-02-28 03:14:09 UTC
Local time
—
Country
China
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

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Depth profile

Depth profile Depth: 10 km (Shallow) Surface Shallow Intermediate Deep 0 km 70 km 300 km 700 km 10 km
Shallow
10 km
10 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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