Moderate mag. 4.6 earthquake - 42 km southwest of Aral, Xinjiang, China, on Thursday, May 26, 2022 at 8:27 pm (GMT +8) -

Moderate magnitude 4.6 earthquake at 10 km depth

26 May 13:42 UTC: First to report: KNDC after 1 hour and 14 minutes.

Earthquake details

Date & time	May 26, 2022 12:27:41 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Thursday, May 26, 2022 at 8:27 pm (GMT +8)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.6
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	40.22°N / 81.01°E (Aksu Diqu, Xinjiang, China)
Antipode	40.22°S / 98.99°W
Shaking intensity	Moderate shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	KNDC (Kazakhstan National Data Center)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	42 km (26 mi) SSW of Aral (pop: 260,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 124 km (77 mi) SSE of Ciudad de Aksu (pop: 340,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 232 km (144 mi) SW of Kucha (pop: 68,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 359 km (223 mi) NNE of Chotan (pop: 410,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 381 km (237 mi) ENE of Shache (pop: 82,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 398 km (248 mi) S of Qapqal (pop: 160,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 402 km (250 mi) SSW of Xinyuan (pop: 300,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 674 km (419 mi) SW of Urumaci (pop: 3,029,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	5 x 10¹¹ joules (139 megawatt hours, equivalent to 120 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.6	10 km	SOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA	KNDC

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