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M4.4 Depth: 40.0 km

M4.4 Earthquake near xian qian xiang, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China)

UTC time: 2026-02-06 01:49:41 UTC Local time: —

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.

Details

Magnitude
M4.4
Depth
40.0 km
UTC time
2026-02-06 01:49:41 UTC
Local time
—
Country
China
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

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Depth profile

Depth profile Depth: 40 km (Shallow) Surface Shallow Intermediate Deep 0 km 70 km 300 km 700 km 40 km
Shallow
40 km
40 km — deeper 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.

Depth classes per USGS

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