M3.8 Depth: 50.0 km

M3.8 Earthquake near ding ri xian དིང་རི་རྫོང།, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China)

UTC time: 2026-02-25 06:30:39 UTC Local time:

About this earthquake

A magnitude M3.8 earthquake was recorded near ding ri xian དིང་རི་རྫོང།, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China) on February 25, 2026 at 06:30 UTC. The hypocenter lay relatively close to the surface at around 50 km, increasing how strongly it was felt. Earthquakes of this magnitude are often felt but rarely cause damage.

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Details

Magnitude
M3.8
Depth
50.0 km
UTC time
2026-02-25 06:30:39 UTC
Local time
Country
State
xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས།
City
ding ri xian དིང་རི་རྫོང།
Source
emsc
Coordinates
28.03000, 87.56000
Temperature
0.5°C

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Depth profile

Depth profile Depth: 50 km (Shallow) Surface Shallow Intermediate Deep 0 km 70 km 300 km 700 km 50 km
Shallow
50 km
50 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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