Magnitude
M3.1
- Depth
- 5.0 km
- Source
- EMSC
xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། · ding ri xian དིང་རི་རྫོང།
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M3.1 Earthquake near ding ri xian དིང་རི་རྫོང།, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China)
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About this earthquake
A magnitude M3.1 earthquake was recorded near ding ri xian དིང་རི་རྫོང།, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China) on February 28, 2026 at 08:37 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 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
7c0fc7c3311a898bd03e56ce0b5c9dc25a525d36
Magnitude
M3.1
Depth
5.0 km
UTC time
2026-02-28 08:37:37 UTC
Local time
—
Country
State
xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས།
City
ding ri xian དིང་རི་རྫོང།
Source
emsc
Coordinates
27.93000,
87.27000
Temperature
-1.8°C
Depth profile
Shallow
5 km
5 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