Light mag. 3.8 earthquake - Kazakhstan, 70 km south of Qapqal, Ili Kazak Zizhizhou, Xinjiang, China, on Thursday, Jun 23, 2022 at 6:58 pm (GMT +8) -
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Light magnitude 3.8 earthquake at 10 km depth
23 Jun 12:00 UTC: First to report: KNDC after 1 hour and 1 minutes.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Jun 23, 2022 10:58:45 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Thursday, Jun 23, 2022 at 6:58 pm (GMT +8) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 3.8 |
| Depth | 10.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 43.17°N / 81.02°E  (Ili Kazak Zizhizhou, Xinjiang, Kazakhstan) |
| Antipode | 43.17°S / 98.98°W |
| Shaking intensity | Light shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | KNDC (Kazakhstan National Data Center) |
| Nearest volcano | Tianshan (142 km / 88 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 70 km (44 mi) S of Qapqal (China) (pop: 160,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 98 km (61 mi) E of Koshkar (Raiymbek District, Almaty Oblysy) (pop: 311) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 98 km (61 mi) SSW of Yining (China) (pop: 515,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 99 km (61 mi) S of Huocheng (China) (pop: 360,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 138 km (86 mi) SE of Zharkent (Panfilov District, Almaty Oblysy) (pop: 34,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 183 km (114 mi) W of Xinyuan (China) (pop: 300,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 225 km (140 mi) NW of Kucha (China) (pop: 68,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 255 km (158 mi) SE of Tekeli (Eskeldi District, Almaty Oblysy) (pop: 26,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 3.2 x 1010 joules (8.78 megawatt hours, equivalent to 7.56 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 3.8 | 10 km | NORTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA | KNDC |
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