Magnitude
M2.6
- Depth
- 23.0 km
- Source
- EMSC
xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། · qiong zi xiang
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M2.6 Earthquake near qiong zi xiang, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China)
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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.
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
8bf42dcdaa73c5b36054be57f8d5c91c1ff39bad
Magnitude
M2.6
Depth
23.0 km
UTC time
2026-04-12 01:22:10 UTC
Local time
—
Country
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
Depth profile
Shallow
23 km
23 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 ≥ 2.0 · 597 Catalogue entries
Sufficiently reliable matching data are not currently available for a direct comparison. The area profile shows the available records and their limitations.
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Stats (last 24h)
Global (24h)
612
Country (24h)
China
3