M3.1 Depth: 5.0 km

M3.1 Earthquake near ding ri xian དིང་རི་རྫོང།, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China)

UTC time: 2026-02-28 08:37:37 UTC Local time: —

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.

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Details

Magnitude

M3.1

Depth

5.0 km

UTC time

2026-02-28 08:37:37 UTC

Local time

—

Country

China

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

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Depth profile

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.

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