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Moderate mag. 4.6 earthquake - 175 km northeast of Kashgar, Xinjiang, China, on Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 17:20 GMT

Moderate magnitude 4.6 earthquake at 1 km depth

3 Nov 17:49 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 29 minutes.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Nov 3, 2018 17:20:58 UTC
Local time at epicenter
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.6
Depth	1.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	40.37°N / 77.67°E (Xinjiang, China)
Antipode	40.37°S / 102.33°W
Shaking intensity	Strong shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	175 km (109 mi) NE of Kashgar (pop: 274,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 184 km (114 mi) SE of Naron (Naryn, Kyrgyzstan) (pop: 52,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 220 km (137 mi) N of Shache (pop: 82,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 238 km (148 mi) WSW of Ciudad de Aksu (pop: 340,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 243 km (151 mi) SSW of Karakol (Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan) (pop: 70,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 305 km (189 mi) W of Aral (pop: 260,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 378 km (235 mi) SE of Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) (pop: 900,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 413 km (256 mi) NNW of Chotan (pop: 410,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 475 km (295 mi) SW of Qapqal (pop: 160,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 903 km (561 mi) WSW of Urumaci (pop: 3,029,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	5 x 10¹¹ joules (139 megawatt hours, equivalent to 120 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.6	1 km	SOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA	EMSC

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Makanchi, Kazakhstan (MAKZ/IU network) | Distance from quake: 795 km / 494 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Makanchi, Kazakhstan: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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