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M5.2 earthquake 74 km NW of Kashgar, China

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 74 km NW of Kashgar, China on Sun, Feb 13, 1983, 7:52 AM GMT+6 (01:52 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.6 87 km NW of Kashgar, China. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.2 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Sun, Feb 13, 1983, 7:52 AM GMT+6
UTC: 1983-02-13 01:52:51 UTC
Depth: 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 39.903° N, 75.323° E
Region: China
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
5.2	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · 26 stations
5.42	Mw, moment	ISC-GEM global catalog	Final · ±0.25

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.2 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

Before

6.290 km NW of Kashgar, ChinaSun, Feb 13, 7:40 AM GMT+6 · 15938 days ago · 16 km deep · 17 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001t07 (also filed as iscgem582740). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:39 PM UTC.