M4.8 Depth: 10.0 km

M4.8 Earthquake near mu li cang zu zi zhi xian སྨི་ལི་རང་བོད་རིགས་སྐྱོང་རྫོང།, si chuan sheng (China)

UTC time: 2026-04-29 19:11:12 UTC Local time: —

About this earthquake

On April 29, 2026 at 19:11 UTC, a magnitude M4.8 earthquake occurred near mu li cang zu zi zhi xian སྨི་ལི་རང་བོད་རིགས་སྐྱོང་རྫོང།, si chuan sheng (China). With a focal depth of about 10 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 GFZ.

Details

Magnitude

M4.8

Depth

10.0 km

UTC time

2026-04-29 19:11:12 UTC

Local time

—

Country

China

State

si chuan sheng

City

mu li cang zu zi zhi xian སྨི་ལི་རང་བོད་རིགས་སྐྱོང་རྫོང།

Source

gfz

Coordinates

28.62000, 100.94000

Map

Depth profile

Shallow

10 km

10 km — shallower 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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Tengchong

Distance: 448 km ·Volcanic field ·Elevation: 2'865 m ·Last eruption: -5750 ·China

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