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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: —
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Magnitude
M4.8
Depth
10.0 km
Source
GFZ

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

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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. China: over the past 24 hours, QuakeMap24 logged 2 earthquakes, the strongest at M5.0.

Details

ID
c3c403b6502bb692a19b1246a84476a43a9c72c8
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

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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Context for this earthquake

05 Oct 2025 – 05 Oct 2026 · M ≥ 3.0 · 555 Catalogue entries

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