M4.6 earthquake 132 km W of Kashgar, China
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 132 km W of Kashgar, China on Wed, Aug 21, 1985, 6:28 PM GMT+6 (12:28 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 60 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
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-08-21 12:28:30 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.640° N, 74.466° 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 1.6 and up: 36 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.160 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 15005 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 7.066 km W of Kashgar, China · 15005 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.950 km W of Kashgar, China · 15005 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
- 5.281 km WNW of Kashgar, China · 15005 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.866 km W of Kashgar, China · 15005 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.770 km W of Kashgar, China · 15005 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.667 km W of Kashgar, China · 15005 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.668 km WNW of Kashgar, China · 15005 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.874 km W of Kashgar, China · 15005 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.870 km W of Kashgar, China · 15005 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.6118 km WNW of Kashgar, China · 15005 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.874 km W of Kashgar, China · 15005 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.645 km W of Kashgar, China · 15005 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.973 km W of Kashgar, China · 15005 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.675 km W of Kashgar, China · 15005 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.642 km WNW of Kashgar, China · 15005 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.958 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 15005 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.955 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 15004 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.471 km W of Kashgar, China · 15004 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 5.075 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 15004 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.687 km WNW of Kashgar, China · 15003 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.879 km W of Kashgar, China · 15003 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.854 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 15001 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.672 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 15000 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 4.771 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14999 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.577 km W of Kashgar, China · 14999 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.246 km W of Kashgar, China · 14999 days ago · 17 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.851 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14996 days ago · 25 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.659 km W of Kashgar, China · 14989 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 4.854 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14989 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 6.251 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14986 days ago · 15 km deep · 87 km away
- 5.156 km W of Kashgar, China · 14986 days ago · 18 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.761 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14986 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.486 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14984 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.652 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14973 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 5.246 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14964 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002hzc. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:59 PM UTC.