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M3.0 Depth: 10.0 km

M3.0 Earthquake near ding jie xiang, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China)

UTC time: 2026-01-23 22:10:55 UTC Local time: —

About this earthquake

On January 23, 2026 at 22:10 UTC, a magnitude M3.0 earthquake occurred near ding jie xiang, xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས། (China). With a focal depth of about 10 km, this was a shallow earthquake, whose shaking is usually felt more strongly at the surface. Earthquakes of this magnitude are often felt but rarely cause damage.

The event was recorded by EMSC. China: 2 earthquakes were recorded in the past 24 hours, the strongest reaching M3.1.

Details

Magnitude
M3.0
Depth
10.0 km
UTC time
2026-01-23 22:10:55 UTC
Local time
—
Country
China
State
xi cang zi zhi qu བོད་རང་སྐྱོང་ལྗོངས།
City
ding jie xiang
County
ding jie xian གཏིང་སྐྱེས་རྫོང།
Village
dun wang
Source
emsc
Coordinates
28.37000, 88.02000
Temperature
-13.1°C

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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 (18.5 km)
Regional average: 18.5 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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