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Light mag. 4.7 earthquake - 142 km south of Kashgar, Xinjiang, China, on Saturday, Mar 18, 2023 at 2:19 am (GMT +8) -

Light magnitude 4.7 earthquake at 139 km depth

17 Mar 18:28 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 10 minutes.
17 Mar 19:36: Now using data updates from USGS

Earthquake details

Date & time	Mar 17, 2023 18:19:10 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Saturday, Mar 18, 2023 at 2:19 am (GMT +8)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.7
Depth	139.4 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	38.2387°N / 75.551°E (Xinjiang, China)
Antipode	38.239°S / 104.449°W
Shaking intensity	Weak shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	142 km (88 mi) SSW of Kashgar (pop: 274,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 149 km (92 mi) W of Shache (pop: 82,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 348 km (216 mi) SE of Osh (Kyrgyzstan) (pop: 200,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 371 km (231 mi) SE of Jalal-Abad (Kyrgyzstan) (pop: 75,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 395 km (245 mi) SE of Andijan (Andijon, Uzbekistan) (pop: 318,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 402 km (250 mi) SE of Fergana (Uzbekistan) (pop: 164,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 406 km (252 mi) WNW of Chotan (pop: 410,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 412 km (256 mi) SE of Margilan (Fergana, Uzbekistan) (pop: 133,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	7.1 x 10¹¹ joules (197 megawatt hours, equivalent to 169 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.7	139 km	China: 138 Km E of Murghob, Tajikistan	USGS
4.7	139 km	Southern Xinjiang, China	RaspberryShake
5.0	250 km	China: Xinjiang	NCS
4.2	142 km	China: 新疆克孜勒苏州阿克陶县	CEIC
4.7	146 km	SOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA	EMSC
4.9	146 km	Southern Xinjiang, China	GFZ
4.7	10 km	Southern Xinjiang, China	IRIS
4.6	10 km	TAJIKISTAN	KNDC

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Taragai, Kyrgyzstan (TARG/KC network) | Distance from quake: 433 km / 269 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Taragai, Kyrgyzstan: 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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