M4.4 earthquake 69 km NW of Kashgar, China
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 69 km NW of Kashgar, China on Wed, Apr 6, 1983, 6:48 PM GMT+6 (12:48 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 84 km WSW of Kashgar, China. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-04-06 12:48:59 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.819° N, 75.323° E
- Region
- China
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.784 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 15868 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.539 km NW of Kashgar, China · 15859 days ago · 54 km deep · 31 km away
- 5.037 km SW of Kashgar, China · 15815 days ago · 22 km deep · 70 km away
Before
- 4.765 km NW of Kashgar, China · 15876 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.687 km NW of Kashgar, China · 15876 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.756 km NW of Kashgar, China · 15882 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.881 km NW of Kashgar, China · 15882 days ago · 23 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.9100 km WNW of Kashgar, China · 15882 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001u7g. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:17 PM UTC.