Moderate mag. 4.8 earthquake - Kazakhstan, 28 km southeast of Alashankou, China, on Thursday, Jun 23, 2022 at 7:49 pm (GMT +8) -
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Moderate magnitude 4.8 earthquake at 10 km depth
23 Jun 12:54 UTC: First to report: KNDC after 1 hour and 4 minutes.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Jun 23, 2022 11:49:53 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Thursday, Jun 23, 2022 at 7:49 pm (GMT +8) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 4.8 |
| Depth | 10.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 44.94°N / 82.72°E  (Bortala Mongol Zizhizhou, Xinjiang, Kazakhstan) |
| Antipode | 44.94°S / 97.28°W |
| Shaking intensity | Moderate shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | KNDC (Kazakhstan National Data Center) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 28 km (18 mi) SSE of Alashankou (China) (pop: 8,530) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 40 km (25 mi) SSE of Druzhba (Alakol District, Almaty Oblysy) (pop: 2,930) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 143 km (89 mi) NE of Yining (China) (pop: 515,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 174 km (108 mi) NNW of Xinyuan (China) (pop: 300,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 177 km (110 mi) NE of Huocheng (China) (pop: 360,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 226 km (140 mi) ESE of Sarkand (Almaty Oblysy) (pop: 76,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 342 km (213 mi) E of Taldykorgan (Almaty Oblysy) (pop: 116,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 408 km (254 mi) WNW of Urumaci (China) (pop: 3,029,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 1 x 1012 joules (278 megawatt hours, equivalent to 239 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 4.8 | 10 km | NORTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA | KNDC |
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