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M2.8 Depth: 10.0 km

M2.8 Earthquake near ding ri xian དིང་རི་རྫོང།, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China)

UTC time: 2026-04-15 21:47:55 UTC Local time: —

About this earthquake

On April 15, 2026 at 21:47 UTC, a magnitude M2.8 earthquake occurred near ding ri xian དིང་རི་རྫོང།, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China). With a focal depth of about 10 km, this was a shallow earthquake, whose shaking is usually felt more strongly at the surface. Earthquakes of this small magnitude are usually barely noticeable and cause no damage.

The event was recorded by EMSC.

Details

Magnitude
M2.8
Depth
10.0 km
UTC time
2026-04-15 21:47:55 UTC
Local time
—
Country
China
State
xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས།
City
ding ri xian དིང་རི་རྫོང།
Source
emsc
Coordinates
28.41100, 87.39300
Temperature
-4.9°C

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Depth profile

Depth profile Depth: 10 km (Shallow) Surface Shallow Intermediate Deep 0 km 70 km 300 km 700 km 10 km
Shallow
10 km
10 km — shallower 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.

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