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Mag. 4.6 earthquake - 8.5 km southwest of Karamay, Xinjiang, China, on Friday, May 7, 2021 09:05 pm (Shanghai time)

Moderate magnitude 4.6 earthquake at 10 km depth

7 May 14:00 UTC: First to report: KNDC after 55 minutes.

Earthquake details

Date & time	May 7, 2021 13:05:17 UTC
Local time at epicenter	Friday, May 7, 2021 09:05 pm (Asia/Shanghai GMT +8)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.6
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	45.55°N / 84.79°E Karamay Shi, Xinjiang, China
Antipode	45.55°S / 95.21°W
Shaking intensity	Moderate shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	KNDC (Kazakhstan National Data Center)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Overcast Clouds 25.5°C (78 F), humidity: 41%, wind: 17 m/s (32 kts) from NW
Estimated seismic energy released	5 x 10¹¹ joules (139 megawatt hours, equivalent to 120 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Nearby places

Distance	Place	Max. shaking intensity(*)	Region	Country
9 km (5 mi) ENE of epicenter	Karamay (pop: 260,000)	IV Light	Xinjiang	China
31 km (20 mi) ENE of epicenter	Baijiantan (pop: 93,700)	IV Light	Xinjiang	China
143 km (89 mi) NE of epicenter	Hoxtolgay (pop: 22,000)	II Very weak	Xinjiang	China
170 km (106 mi) SE of epicenter	Shihezi (pop: 572,800)	II Very weak	Xinjiang	China
262 km (163 mi) SE of epicenter	Changji (pop: 198,800)	II Very weak	Xinjiang	China
266 km (165 mi) SSW of epicenter	Xinyuan (pop: 300,000)	II Very weak	Xinjiang	China
295 km (184 mi) SE of epicenter	Urumaci (pop: 3,029,400)	II Very weak	Xinjiang	China
351 km (218 mi) WSW of epicenter	Huocheng (pop: 360,000)	II Very weak	Ili Kazak Zizhizhou, Xinjiang	China
351 km (218 mi) WSW of epicenter	Qapqal (pop: 22,100)	II Very weak	Ili Kazak Zizhizhou, Xinjiang	China
361 km (224 mi) NE of epicenter	yaltay (pop: 139,300)	II Very weak	Xinjiang	China

Notes:
(*) Shaking intensity according to the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale (MMI) and estimated using seismic models.

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Mag	Depth	Time GMT	Epicenter	Agency
4.6	10 km (6.2 mi) (*)	2021-05-7 13:05:17	NORTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA	KNDC (Kazakhstan National Data Center)

Notes:
(*) A depth given as 10 km often means that the the depth of the quake could not determined with sufficient accuracy.

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Makanchi, Kazakhstan (MAKZ/IU network) | Distance from quake: 258 km / 160 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. Bandpass filter applied: 0.2-10.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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