Magnitude
M3.5
- Depth
- 10.0 km
- Source
- EMSC
xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། · yu pu xiang
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M3.5 Earthquake near yu pu xiang, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China)
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About this earthquake
A magnitude M3.5 earthquake was recorded near yu pu xiang, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China) on March 17, 2026 at 19:58 UTC. With a focal depth of about 10 km, this was a shallow earthquake, whose shaking is usually felt more strongly at the surface. Shaking of this size is frequently noticed but usually harmless.
The event was recorded by EMSC. China: 2 earthquakes were recorded in the past 24 hours, the strongest reaching M5.0.
Details
ID
9c9f898d6d5d5951800f8ff58ff40403df6950a7
Magnitude
M3.5
Depth
10.0 km
UTC time
2026-03-17 19:58:22 UTC
Local time
—
Country
State
xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས།
City
yu pu xiang
County
bo mi xian སྤོ་མེས།
Source
emsc
Coordinates
29.55000,
96.50000
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 ≥ 3.0 · 555 Catalogue entries
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Stats (last 24h)
Global (24h)
613
Country (24h)
China
2