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Strong mag. 6.8 earthquake - 269km ESE of Hotan, China on Wednesday, 12 February 2014

Strong mag. 6.9 earthquake - 268km ESE of Hotan, China on Wednesday, 12 February 2014

Strong mag. 6.9 earthquake - 268km ESE of Hotan, China on Wednesday, 12 February 2014
Date & time: Wed, 12 Feb 09:19:48 UTC
Local time at epicenter: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 17:19:48
Magnitude: 6.9
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 35.9221°N / 82.5485°E
Nearest volcano: Kunlun (218 km)
Primary data source: USGS
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Data for same earthquake as reported from other agencies
TimeMag. / DepthLocationMapSource
Wed, 12 Feb
Wed, 12 Feb 09:19 UTCM 6.9 / 10 kmXizang[Map]GFZ
Wed, 12 Feb 09:19 UTCM 6.9 / 10 kmSOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA[Map]EMSC
Wed, 12 Feb 09:19 UTCM 6.9 / 10 kmSE of Hotan, China[Map]GeoAu

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(shakemap: USGS)
"I felt it" reports:
Earthquakes in same area up to 1 year afterwards (likely aftershocks)
TimeMag. / DepthLocationMapSource
Wed, 12 Feb 10:00 UTCM 5.0 / 10 km - [info] (207 km)261km ESE of Hotan, China[Map]USGS
Wed, 12 Feb 10:00 UTCM 5.9 / 10 km - [info] (215 km)Xizang
[Map]		GFZ
Wed, 12 Feb 11:14 UTCM 4.6 / 10 km - [info] (222 km)266km ESE of Hotan, China[Map]USGS
Wed, 12 Feb 12:26 UTCM 4.4 / 10 km - [info] (260 km)242km SSE of Darya Boyi, China[Map]USGS
Wed, 12 Feb 14:36 UTCM 4.1 / 14.7 km - [info] (201 km)227km ESE of Hotan, China[Map]USGS
Wed, 12 Feb 18:00 UTCM 4.5 / 17.9 km - [info] (198 km)258km ESE of Hotan, China[Map]USGS
Wed, 12 Feb 19:09 UTCM 4.6 - [info] (210 km)SOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA[Map]EMSC
Wed, 12 Feb 20:51 UTCM 4.4 / 10 km - [info] (212 km)4.4 SOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA[Map]EMSC
Thu, 13 Feb
Thu, 13 Feb 00:07 UTCM 4.5 / 10 km - [info] (213 km)272km ESE of Hotan, China[Map]USGS
Thu, 13 Feb 00:08 UTCM 4.7 / 10 km - [info] (213 km)266km ESE of Hotan, China[Map]USGS
Thu, 13 Feb 07:34 UTCM 4.3 / 10 km - [info] (208 km)252km ESE of Hotan, China[Map]USGS
Thu, 13 Feb 21:06 UTCM 4.2 / 15.1 km - [info] (229 km)239km SSE of Darya Boyi, China[Map]USGS
Thu, 13 Feb 21:37 UTCM 4.2 / 16.2 km - [info] (206 km)227km ESE of Hotan, China[Map]USGS
Fri, 14 Feb
Fri, 14 Feb 01:08 UTCM 4.2 / 9.6 km - [info] (227 km)275km ESE of Hotan, China[Map]USGS
Fri, 14 Feb 01:09 UTCM 4.6 / 10 km - [info] (206 km)Southern Xinjiang, China[Map]GFZ
Sat, 15 Feb
Sat, 15 Feb 12:32 UTCM 4.7 / 10 km - [info] (202 km)258km ESE of Hotan, China[Map]USGS
Mon, 24 Feb
Mon, 24 Feb 05:39 UTCM 4.2 / 10 km - [info] (272 km)246km SSE of Darya Boyi, China
[Map]		USGS
Wed, 12 Mar
Wed, 12 Mar 17:55 UTCM 4.5 / 31.5 km - [info] (196 km)260km ESE of Hotan, China[Map]USGS
Thu, 20 Mar
Thu, 20 Mar 05:40 UTCM 4.4 / 15 km - [info] (256 km)253km SSE of Darya Boyi, China[Map]USGS
Fri, 21 Mar
Fri, 21 Mar 19:43 UTCM 4.6 / 14.9 km - [info] (252 km)249km SSE of Darya Boyi, China[Map]USGS
Sat, 22 Mar
Sat, 22 Mar 12:58 UTCM 5.1 / 10 km - [info] (199 km)257km ESE of Hotan, China[Map]USGS
Sun, 10 Aug
Sun, 10 Aug 12:48 UTCM 4.3 / 10 km - [info] (194 km)Southern Xinjiang, China
[Map]		GFZ
Sat, 6 Sep
Sat, 6 Sep 13:16 UTCM 4.2 / 10 km - [info] (240 km)SOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA
[Map]		EMSC

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