Magnitude
M4.8
- Depth
- 35.0 km
- Source
- EMSC
si chuan sheng · mu li cang zu zi zhi xian སྨི་ལི་རང་བོད་རིགས་སྐྱོང་རྫོང།
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M4.8 Earthquake near mu li cang zu zi zhi xian སྨི་ལི་རང་བོད་རིགས་སྐྱོང་རྫོང།, si chuan sheng (China)
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About this earthquake
A magnitude M4.8 earthquake was recorded near mu li cang zu zi zhi xian སྨི་ལི་རང་བོད་རིགས་སྐྱོང་རྫོང།, si chuan sheng (China) on April 29, 2026 at 19:11 UTC. The hypocenter lay relatively close to the surface at around 35 km, increasing how strongly it was felt. Earthquakes of this magnitude are clearly felt; minor damage to vulnerable buildings is possible.
The event was recorded by EMSC. China: 2 earthquakes were recorded in the past 24 hours, the strongest reaching M5.0.
Details
ID
7cf7e6bfc7754923aca52d37718b669933c0d21e
Magnitude
M4.8
Depth
35.0 km
UTC time
2026-04-29 19:11:15 UTC
Local time
—
Country
State
si chuan sheng
City
mu li cang zu zi zhi xian སྨི་ལི་རང་བོད་རིགས་སྐྱོང་རྫོང།
Source
emsc
Coordinates
28.45160,
100.83580
Depth profile
Shallow
35 km
35 km — deeper 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
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Context for this earthquake
05 Oct 2025 – 05 Oct 2026 · M ≥ 3.0 · 555 Catalogue entries
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