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M2.6 Depth: 23.0 km

M2.6 Earthquake near qiong zi xiang, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China)

UTC time: 2026-04-12 01:22:10 UTC Local time: —

About this earthquake

On April 12, 2026 at 01:22 UTC, a magnitude M2.6 earthquake occurred near qiong zi xiang, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China). The hypocenter lay relatively close to the surface at around 23 km, increasing how strongly it was felt. Events of this size typically go unnoticed.

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Details

Magnitude
M2.6
Depth
23.0 km
UTC time
2026-04-12 01:22:10 UTC
Local time
—
Country
China
State
xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས།
City
qiong zi xiang
County
ding jie xian གཏིང་སྐྱེས་རྫོང།
Source
emsc
Coordinates
27.90900, 88.10300
Temperature
-6.1°C

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Depth profile

Depth profile Depth: 23 km (Shallow) Surface Shallow Intermediate Deep 0 km 70 km 300 km 700 km 23 km
Shallow
23 km
23 km — close to 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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