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M2.8 Earthquake near suo jin xiang, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China)

UTC time: 2026-04-23 21:04:29 UTC Local time: —
Magnitude
M2.8
Depth
10.0 km
Source
EMSC

xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། · suo jin xiang

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About this earthquake

On April 23, 2026 at 21:04 UTC, a magnitude M2.8 earthquake occurred near suo jin xiang, 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. 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 2 earthquakes, the strongest at M5.0.

Details

ID
9a0af131fc01f9220ed6c02900c1bffd95817210
Magnitude
M2.8
Depth
10.0 km
UTC time
2026-04-23 21:04:29 UTC
Local time
—
Country
China
State
xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས།
City
suo jin xiang
County
nan mu lin xian རྣམ་གླིང་རྫོང།
Village
bai long cun
Source
emsc
Coordinates
29.64500, 89.53700
Temperature
-3.3°C

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 (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.

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Radius · 50 km

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Airports

  • Xigaze Peace Airport / Shigatse Air BaseChina · RKZ · ZURK
    40.0 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-10-05

This selection shows geographic proximity, not a hazard zone or confirmed impacts. Distances use recorded site coordinates. Sources & data dates

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Context for this earthquake

05 Oct 2025 – 05 Oct 2026 · M ≥ 2.0 · 597 Catalogue entries

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