Magnitude
M4.0
- Depth
- 60.0 km
- Source
- EMSC
xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། · ban ge xian དཔལ་མགོན་རྫོང།
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M4.0 Earthquake near ban ge xian དཔལ་མགོན་རྫོང།, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China)
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About this earthquake
On January 18, 2026 at 17:57 UTC, a magnitude M4.0 earthquake occurred near ban ge xian དཔལ་མགོན་རྫོང།, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China). The hypocenter lay relatively close to the surface at around 60 km, increasing how strongly it was felt. Tremors of this size are distinctly felt and can occasionally cause light damage.
The data is provided by EMSC and cross-checked across seismological networks. China: over the past 24 hours, QuakeMap24 logged 3 earthquakes, the strongest at M5.1.
Details
ID
7d757247d7ac300460ed51c23a006b0896e156a9
Magnitude
M4.0
Depth
60.0 km
UTC time
2026-01-18 17:57:09 UTC
Local time
—
Country
State
xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས།
City
ban ge xian དཔལ་མགོན་རྫོང།
Source
emsc
Coordinates
30.15000,
89.85000
Temperature
-15.9°C
Depth profile
Shallow
60 km
60 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
China
Context for this earthquake
05 Oct 2025 – 05 Oct 2026 · M ≥ 3.0 · 555 Catalogue entries
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Stats (last 24h)
Global (24h)
615
Country (24h)
China
3