Magnitude
M2.7
- Depth
- 10.0 km
- Source
- EMSC
xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། · ri wu zhen
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M2.7 Earthquake near ri wu zhen, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China)
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About this earthquake
On May 3, 2026 at 06:27 UTC, a magnitude M2.7 earthquake occurred near ri wu zhen, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China). The hypocenter lay relatively close to the surface at around 10 km, increasing how strongly it was felt. Earthquakes of this small magnitude are usually barely noticeable and cause no damage.
The event was recorded by EMSC. China: over the past 24 hours, QuakeMap24 logged 2 earthquakes, the strongest at M5.0.
Details
ID
953a6560721fa98d88533eecebf6fb13c6eb3d8a
Magnitude
M2.7
Depth
10.0 km
UTC time
2026-05-03 06:27:35 UTC
Local time
—
Country
State
xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས།
City
ri wu zhen
County
ding jie xian གཏིང་སྐྱེས་རྫོང།
Source
emsc
Coordinates
28.05600,
87.59800
Temperature
-0.4°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)
614
Country (24h)
China
2