Magnitude
M4.4
- Depth
- 40.0 km
- Source
- EMSC
xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། · xian qian xiang
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M4.4 Earthquake near xian qian xiang, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China)
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About this earthquake
On February 6, 2026 at 01:49 UTC, a magnitude M4.4 earthquake occurred near xian qian xiang, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China). With a focal depth of about 40 km, this was a shallow earthquake, whose shaking is usually felt more strongly at the surface. Tremors of this size are distinctly felt and can occasionally cause light damage.
The event was recorded by EMSC. China: over the past 24 hours, QuakeMap24 logged 3 earthquakes, the strongest at M5.1.
Details
ID
9a90c51747075f9b04f17378b80d0ec83d55882b
Magnitude
M4.4
Depth
40.0 km
UTC time
2026-02-06 01:49:41 UTC
Local time
—
Country
State
xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས།
City
xian qian xiang
County
gai ze xian སྒེར་རྩེ་རྫོང་།
Source
emsc
Coordinates
33.23000,
83.31000
Temperature
-13.7°C
Depth profile
Shallow
40 km
40 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
Volcanoes nearby
China
Context for this earthquake
05 Oct 2025 – 05 Oct 2026 · M ≥ 3.0 · 555 Catalogue entries
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Stats (last 24h)
Global (24h)
612
Country (24h)
China
3