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Moderate mag. 4.4 earthquake - 39 km south of Zaysan, East Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, Nov 9, 2021 at 4:52 pm (GMT +6) -

Moderate mag. 4.4 earthquake - 39 km south of Zaysan, East Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, Nov 9, 2021 at 4:52 pm (GMT +6) Moderate mag. 4.4 earthquake - 39 km south of Zaysan, East Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, Nov 9, 2021 at 4:52 pm (GMT +6)

Moderate magnitude 4.4 earthquake at 10 km depth

9 Nov 12:00 UTC: First to report: KNDC after 1 hour and 7 minutes.
Date & time: Nov 9, 2021 10:52:42 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: Tuesday, Nov 9, 2021 at 4:52 pm (GMT +6)
Magnitude: 4.4
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 47.12°N / 84.94°E (East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan)
Antipode: 47.12°S / 95.06°W
Nearby towns and cities:
39 km (24 mi) S of Zaysan (pop: 17,600) --> See nearby quakes!
87 km (54 mi) SE of Tūghyl (Tarbagatay District) (pop: 6,700) --> See nearby quakes!
105 km (65 mi) NW of Hoxtolgay (Tacheng Diqu, Xinjiang, China) (pop: 22,000) --> See nearby quakes!
159 km (99 mi) N of Baijiantan (Xinjiang, China) (pop: 93,700) --> See nearby quakes!
171 km (106 mi) N of Karamay (Xinjiang, China) (pop: 260,000) --> See nearby quakes!
187 km (116 mi) SSE of Kurchum (Kurshim District) (pop: 8,800) --> See nearby quakes!
251 km (156 mi) E of Urzhar (pop: 14,800) --> See nearby quakes!
253 km (157 mi) WSW of yaltay (Xinjiang, China) (pop: 139,300) --> See nearby quakes!
350 km (217 mi) SE of Georgievka (Zharma District) (pop: 22,000) --> See nearby quakes!
361 km (224 mi) SSE of Ust-Kamenogorsk (pop: 319,100) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: KNDC (Kazakhstan National Data Center)
Estimated released energy: 2.5 x 1011 joules (69.8 megawatt hours, equivalent to 60 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy
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Mag.DepthLocationSource
4.410 kmKAZAKHSTAN-XINJIANG BORDER REGIONKNDC

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