Magnitude
M4.8
- Depth
- 10.0 km
- Source
- GFZ
xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། · wu ma xiang
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M4.8 Earthquake near wu ma xiang, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China)
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About this earthquake
A magnitude M4.8 earthquake was recorded near wu ma xiang, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China) on February 4, 2026 at 06:26 UTC. The hypocenter lay relatively close to the surface at around 10 km, increasing how strongly it was felt. Earthquakes of this magnitude are clearly felt; minor damage to vulnerable buildings is possible.
The event was recorded by GFZ. China: 3 earthquakes were recorded in the past 24 hours, the strongest reaching M5.1.
Details
ID
d184d8b3a54d6bcc053458990326041978d1e15a
Magnitude
M4.8
Depth
10.0 km
UTC time
2026-02-04 06:26:09 UTC
Local time
—
Country
State
xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས།
City
wu ma xiang
County
gai ze xian སྒེར་རྩེ་རྫོང་།
Source
gfz
Coordinates
33.05000,
83.38000
Temperature
-6.4°C
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
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Context for this earthquake
05 Oct 2025 – 05 Oct 2026 · M ≥ 3.0 · 555 Catalogue entries
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