M4.8 Depth: 35.0 km

M4.8 Earthquake near mu li cang zu zi zhi xian སྨི་ལི་རང་བོད་རིགས་སྐྱོང་རྫོང།, si chuan sheng (China)

UTC time: 2026-04-29 19:11:15 UTC Local time: —

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.

Details

Magnitude

M4.8

Depth

35.0 km

UTC time

2026-04-29 19:11:15 UTC

Local time

—

Country

China

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

Map

Depth profile

Shallow

35 km

35 km — deeper 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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Tengchong

Distance: 427 km ·Volcanic field ·Elevation: 2'865 m ·Last eruption: -5750 ·China

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