Moderate mag. 4.8 earthquake - 8 km northwest of Aral, Xinjiang, China, on Saturday, 27 Feb 2021 1:02 am (GMT +8) -

Moderate mag. 4.8 earthquake - 8 km northwest of Aral, Xinjiang, China, on Saturday, 27 Feb 2021 1:02 am (GMT +8)

Séisme modéré magnitude 4.8 at 10 km depth

26 Feb 18:06 UTC: Premier à signaler: KNDC après 1 heure et 4 minutes.
Date & time: 26 Feb 2021 17:02:29 UTC -
Local time at epicenter: samedi, 27 févr. 2021 01:02 (GMT +8)
Magnitude: 4.8
Profondeur: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 40.6°N / 81.21°E (Région autonome de Xinjiang, Chine)
Volcan le plus près: Tianshan (237 km / 147 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
8 km NO de Aral (pop: 260,000) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
99 km ESE de Aykol (Akesu Diqu) (pop: 11,300) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
102 km SE de Aksou (pop: 340,000) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
190 km SO de Koutcha (pop: 68,100) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
356 km S de Qapqal (pop: 160,000) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
357 km SSO de Xinyuan (pop: 300,000) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
385 km S de Huocheng (pop: 360,000) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
404 km NNE de Khotan (pop: 114,000) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
418 km NE de Yarkand (pop: 82,500) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
635 km OSO de Ürümqi (pop: 3,029,400) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
Primary data source: KNDC (Kazakhstan National Data Center)
Estimated released energy: 1 x 1012 joules (278 megawatt hours, equivalent to 239 tons of TNT) Plus d'infos
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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MagnitudeProfondeurLieuSource
4.810 kmSOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINAKNDC

User reports for this quake (1)

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.
5400.2 km NW of epicenter [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / complex motion difficult to describe
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