According to the official measurement of China Earthquake Network , a magnitude 3.9 earthquake occurred in Zhiduo County, Yushu Prefecture, Qinghai at 20:38 on December 12. The focal depth was 10 kilometers. The epicenter was located at 34.41 degrees north latitude and 93.55 degrees east longitude.


There are Sairodoulong villages within 10 kilometers around this earthquake, there are no townships within 50 kilometers, and there are Soga Township in townships within 100 kilometers.

epicenter is 2201 kilometers away from Zhiduo County, 2210 kilometers away from Qumalai County, 2234 kilometers away from Zaduo County, 2255 kilometers away from Golmud City, 281 kilometers away from Baqing County, Tibet, 355 kilometers away from Naqu City, Tibet, 356 kilometers away from Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, 785 kilometers away from Xining City, and 578 kilometers away from Lhasa.

The average altitude of is about 5061 meters within 5 kilometers of the epicenter.


According to the China Earthquake Channel Network Quick Report Directory, there have been 45 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or above within 200 kilometers around the epicenter in the past five years. The largest earthquake was a magnitude 5.9 earthquake that occurred in Zaduo County, Yushu Prefecture, Qinghai on August 14, 2022 (156 kilometers away from this epicenter). The historical earthquake distribution is shown in the figure.