Strong mag. 5.8 earthquake - 140 km south of Shache, Kashgar, Xinjiang, China, on Thursday, 21 Jan 2021 9:42 pm (GMT +8) -

Strong mag. 5.8 earthquake - 140 km south of Shache, Kashgar, Xinjiang, China, on Thursday, 21 Jan 2021 9:42 pm (GMT +8)

Strong magnitude 5.8 earthquake at 10 km depth

21 Jan 14:54 UTC: First to report: KNDC after 1 hour and 11 minutes.
Date & time: 21 Jan 2021 13:42:43 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: Thursday, 21 Jan 2021 9:42 pm (GMT +8)
Magnitude: 5.8
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 37.16°N / 77.22°E (Xinjiang, China)
Nearby towns and cities:
138 km (86 mi) W of Zangguy (Hotan Prefecture) (pop: 13,000) --> See nearby quakes!
140 km (87 mi) S of Shache (pop: 82,500) --> See nearby quakes!
241 km (150 mi) W of Hotan (pop: 114,000) --> See nearby quakes!
279 km (173 mi) SSE of Kashgar (pop: 274,700) --> See nearby quakes!
406 km (252 mi) NNE of Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir, India) (pop: 975,900) --> See nearby quakes!
411 km (256 mi) NNE of Soyībug (Jammu and Kashmir, India) (pop: 104,000) --> See nearby quakes!
459 km (285 mi) NE of Muzaffarabad (Azad Kashmir, Pakistan) (pop: 725,000) --> See nearby quakes!
514 km (319 mi) SW of Aral (pop: 260,000) --> See nearby quakes!
519 km (323 mi) SSW of Aksu (pop: 340,000) --> See nearby quakes!
538 km (334 mi) NE of Islamabad (Pakistan) (pop: 601,600) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: KNDC (Kazakhstan National Data Center)
Estimated released energy: 3.2 x 1013 joules (8.78 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 7558 tons of TNT or 0.5 atomic bombs!) More info
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MagnitudeDepthLocationSource
M 5.810 kmSOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINAKNDC

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Aftershocks

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (1 quakes):
  • 04 Feb 2021 17:02 UTC
    | M 4.3 |
    100 km (62.1 mi) depth
    |
    38 km (23 mi) distance
    | CEIC | Details

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