Mag. 4.8 earthquake - 131 km west of Kashgar, Xinjiang, China, on Thursday, 13 December 2018 at 05:47 (GMT)
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Light magnitude 4.8 earthquake at 10 km depth
13 Dec 05:55 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 8 minutes.
Magnitude: 4.8
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 39.05°N / 74.57°E

Nearby towns and cities:
111 km (69 mi) NNE of Murghab (Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan) (pop: 10,800) --> See nearby quakes!
131 km (81 mi) WSW of Kashgar (pop: 274,700) --> See nearby quakes!
220 km (137 mi) SSE of Uzgen (Kyrgyzstan) (pop: 40,400) --> See nearby quakes!
224 km (139 mi) SE of Osh (Kyrgyzstan) (pop: 200,000) --> See nearby quakes!
242 km (150 mi) WNW of Shache (pop: 82,500) --> See nearby quakes!
249 km (154 mi) SE of Jalal-Abad (Kyrgyzstan) (pop: 75,700) --> See nearby quakes!
270 km (168 mi) SE of Andijan (Andijon, Uzbekistan) (pop: 318,400) --> See nearby quakes!
281 km (174 mi) ESE of Fergana (Uzbekistan) (pop: 164,300) --> See nearby quakes!
1207 km (750 mi) WSW of Ürümqi (pop: 3,029,400) --> See nearby quakes!
3559 km (2211 mi) WNW of Bejing (Beijing) (pop: 11,716,600) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 1 x 1012 joules (278 megawatt hours, equivalent to 239 tons of TNT) More info
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Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
M 4.8 | 10 km | Southern Xinjiang, China | GFZ |
M 4.8 | 10 km | 4.8 SOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA | EMSC |
M 4.0 | 8 km | 新疆克孜勒苏州阿克陶县 | CEIC |
M 4.6 | 35 km | - 100km E of Karakul, Tajikistan | USGS |
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