Moderate magnitude 4.0 earthquake at unknown depth2 Nov 19:14 UTC: First to report: NCS after 13 minutes.2 Nov 19:15: Now using data updates from EMSCI didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeNov 2, 2026 19:01:29 UTC - Local time at epicenterTuesday, Nov 3, 2026, at 03:01 am (Asia/Shanghai GMT +8)Statusconfirmed (manually revised)Magnitude4.00Depth10 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude32.579°N / 93.81°EYushu Zangzu Zizhizhou, Qinghai, ChinaSeismic antipode32.579°S / 86.19°WShaking intensityIV Light shaking near epicenterFelt0 reportsPrimary data sourceEMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)Weather at epicenter at time of quakeClear Sky -13°C (9 F), humidity: 69%, wind: 3 m/s (5 kts) from SWEstimated seismic energy released6.3 x 1010 joules (17.5 megawatt hours, equivalent to 15.1 tons of TNT) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 4.0 | about seismic energy1 hour and 12 minutes agoNov 2, 2026 19:01 GMT / Nov 3, 2026 03:01 am (Shanghai time)Lat / Lng: 32.579 / 93.81: Xizang-Qinghai Border RegionSource: EMSCOther sources: NCS: 4.0 / 10 km, RaspberryShake: 4.0 / 10 kmDetail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-23574669',32.57900,93.81000,'1 hour and 12 minutes ago: Mag. 4.0, Xizang-Qinghai Border Region',html,'quakes-6-24.png',25,25,12,12,125]); function mkRep(id,notFelt){var nFelt=notFelt||false;var src="https://www.volcanoesandearthquakes.com/app/earthquake-report.php?quakeId="+id;if(nFelt==true){src+="¬Felt=true";}window.open(src,"","status=0,toolbar=0,location=0,directories=0,menubar=0,resizable=1,scrollbars=1,height=400,width=350");} function locationHashChanged(e){-1!=e.oldURL.indexOf("#popupMap")&&closePopup()} window.onhashchange = locationHashChanged; function comment(e){var t=e.parentNode,a=(t.dataset.id,document.getElementById("commentForm"));"none"==a.style.display?(t.appendChild(a),a.style.display="block"):a.style.display="none"}function sendComment(e){var t=e.parentNode,a=t.parentNode.dataset.id,n=document.getElementById("commentContent"),p=n.value.trim();if(p){var o="id="+a+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId;o+="&comment="+decodeURIComponent(p),mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",o,function(e){e.responseText;alert("Thank you for submitting your comment!"),t.style.display="none",n.value=""})}}function flagReport(e){var t=e.parentNode.dataset.id;if(confirm("Report this as inappropriate?")){var a="id="+t+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId+"&flagAsInappropriate=1";mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",a,function(t){var a=t.responseText;alert(a),e.style.display="none"})}}function likeReport(e){var t="id="+e.parentNode.dataset.id+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId+"&like=1";mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",t,function(t){t.responseText;e.style.opacity=.5})}]]>[smaller] [bigger]Most recent quakes Top 20 past 24 hrs Quakes in ChinaNearby placesThe closest larger town near the epicenter is Nagqu, a town with 30,000 inhabitants in China, in 206 km (128 mi) distance to the southwest, but it is unlikely that the quake was felt there. 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It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.MagDepthTime GMT2026-11-2EpicenterAgency4.010 km6.2 mi(*)19:01:29XIZANG-QINGHAI BORDER REGIONEMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)4.010 km6.2 mi(*)19:01:29China, 513km NNW of Pangin, Arunachal Pradesh, India0 km (0 mi) epicenter difference with EMSCNCS (National Center for Seismology)4.010 km6.2 mi(*)19:01:29Xizang0 km (0 mi) epicenter difference with EMSCRaspberryShake (RaspberryShake)Notes:(*) A depth given as 10 km often means that the the depth of the quake could be not determined with sufficient accuracy.Earthquake statisticsAverage number of earthquakesBased on data from the past 56 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 7.8 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi):Mag. 5 or higher: 0.41 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 2.5 years)Mag. 4 or higher: 3.3 quakes per yearMag. 3 or higher: 6 quakes per yearMag. 2 or higher: 6 quakes per yearThe area where this quake occurred has a high level of seismic activity. It has had at least 24 quakes above magnitude 5 since 1970, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 1 to 5 years.Number of quakes per yearPrevious quakes in the same area of this earthquake