Magnitude
M2.8
- Depth
- 10.0 km
- Source
- EMSC
xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། · ding ri xian དིང་རི་རྫོང།
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M2.8 Earthquake near ding ri xian དིང་རི་རྫོང།, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China)
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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. China: 3 earthquakes were recorded in the past 24 hours, the strongest reaching M5.1.
Details
ID
8f26f5181e6302a79398c31fd63bd728fe98bc34
Magnitude
M2.8
Depth
10.0 km
UTC time
2026-04-15 21:47:55 UTC
Local time
—
Country
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
Depth profile
Shallow
10 km
10 km — shallower 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
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Stats (last 24h)
Global (24h)
612
Country (24h)
China
3