Moderate mag. 4.9 earthquake - Kazakhstan, 149 km south of Qapqal, Ili Kazak Zizhizhou, Xinjiang, China, on Monday, May 9, 2022 at 3:52 pm (GMT +8) -
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Moderate magnitude 4.9 earthquake at 10 km depth
9 May 09:00 UTC: First to report: KNDC after 1 hour and 8 minutes.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | May 9, 2022 07:52:20 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Monday, May 9, 2022 at 3:52 pm (GMT +8) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 4.9 |
| Depth | 10.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 42.52°N / 81.6°E  (Ili Kazak Zizhizhou, Xinjiang, Kazakhstan) |
| Antipode | 42.52°S / 98.4°W |
| Shaking intensity | Moderate shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | KNDC (Kazakhstan National Data Center) |
| Nearest volcano | Tianshan (74 km / 46 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 142 km (88 mi) NW of Kucha (China) (pop: 68,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 149 km (92 mi) SSE of Qapqal (China) (pop: 160,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 160 km (100 mi) ESE of Koshkar (Raiymbek District, Almaty Oblysy) (pop: 311) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 168 km (104 mi) SW of Xinyuan (China) (pop: 300,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 180 km (112 mi) SSE of Huocheng (China) (pop: 360,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 185 km (115 mi) NE of Ciudad de Aksu (China) (pop: 340,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 222 km (138 mi) N of Aral (China) (pop: 260,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 224 km (139 mi) SE of Zharkent (Panfilov District, Almaty Oblysy) (pop: 34,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 380 km (236 mi) SE of Taldykorgan (Almaty Oblysy) (pop: 116,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 389 km (242 mi) E of Almaty (pop: 2,000,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 1.4 x 1012 joules (392 megawatt hours, equivalent to 338 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 4.9 | 10 km | NORTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA | KNDC |
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