A 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck Leh district in Ladakh on Friday, according to a statement issued by the National Center for Seismology (NCS). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 28 km.
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This was not the first earthquake to hit Ladakh on Friday; NCS reported another magnitude 3.9 tremor at 8:31 a.m.
“EQ of M: 3.9, Dated: 03/27/2026 08:31:09 EDT, Latitude: 36.692N, Longitude: 74.382E, Depth: 10 km, Location: Leh, Ladakh,” reads an earlier NCS post on X.
Earthquakes can occur anywhere between the Earth’s surface and about 700 kilometers below the surface. For scientific purposes, the 0-700 km depth range of an earthquake is divided into three zones: shallow, medium and deep, according to USGS data.
Shallow earthquakes range in depth from 0 to 70 km; Moderate earthquakes, 70-300 km deep; Deep earthquakes are 300-700 km deep. In general, the term “deep-focus earthquakes” is applied to earthquakes deeper than 70 kilometers, according to the USGS.
