Moderate mag. 4.2 earthquake - Kazakhstan, 155 km northeast of Ciudad de Aksu, Xinjiang, China, on Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 2:39 pm (GMT +8) -
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Moderate magnitude 4.2 earthquake at 10 km depth
19 May 07:42 UTC: First to report: KNDC after 1 hour and 3 minutes.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | May 19, 2022 06:39:05 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 2:39 pm (GMT +8) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 4.2 |
| Depth | 10.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 42.36°N / 81.29°E  (Ili Kazak Zizhizhou, Xinjiang, Kazakhstan) |
| Antipode | 42.36°S / 98.71°W |
| Shaking intensity | Light shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | KNDC (Kazakhstan National Data Center) |
| Nearest volcano | Tianshan (101 km / 63 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 148 km (92 mi) SE of Koshkar (Raiymbek District, Almaty Oblysy) (pop: 311) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 153 km (95 mi) WNW of Kucha (China) (pop: 68,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 155 km (97 mi) NNE of Ciudad de Aksu (China) (pop: 340,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 161 km (100 mi) S of Qapqal (China) (pop: 160,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 191 km (119 mi) S of Huocheng (China) (pop: 360,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 199 km (124 mi) SW of Xinyuan (China) (pop: 300,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 226 km (141 mi) SSE of Zharkent (Panfilov District, Almaty Oblysy) (pop: 34,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 339 km (211 mi) SE of Tekeli (Eskeldi District, Almaty Oblysy) (pop: 26,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 1.3 x 1011 joules (35 megawatt hours, equivalent to 30.1 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 4.2 | 10 km | NORTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA | KNDC |
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