M4.8 earthquake 54 km WSW of Kashgar, China
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 54 km WSW of Kashgar, China on Mon, Sep 9, 1985, 5:04 AM GMT+6 (23:04 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.2 51 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
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-09-08 23:04:12 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.277° N, 75.408° 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 1.8 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 6.251 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14986 days ago · 15 km deep · 9 km away
- 5.156 km W of Kashgar, China · 14986 days ago · 18 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.761 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14986 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.631 km WNW of Kashgar, China · 14985 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.486 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14984 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 5.121 km SW of Kashgar, China · 14984 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.531 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14984 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.574 km SSW of Kashgar, China · 14978 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.652 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14973 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.326 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14973 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.5103 km ENE of Murghob, Tajikistan · 14972 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.513 km SSW of Kashgar, China · 14969 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 5.218 km SW of Kashgar, China · 14964 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 5.246 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14964 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.661 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14944 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
Before
- 4.659 km W of Kashgar, China · 14989 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.851 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14996 days ago · 25 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.820 km W of Kashgar, China · 14997 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 5.246 km W of Kashgar, China · 14999 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.577 km W of Kashgar, China · 14999 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.771 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14999 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.672 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 15000 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.854 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 15001 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.879 km W of Kashgar, China · 15003 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.687 km WNW of Kashgar, China · 15004 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 5.075 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 15004 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.471 km W of Kashgar, China · 15004 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.955 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 15004 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.958 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 15005 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.521 km NW of Kashgar, China · 15005 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.642 km WNW of Kashgar, China · 15005 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 4.675 km W of Kashgar, China · 15005 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.973 km W of Kashgar, China · 15005 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.645 km W of Kashgar, China · 15005 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.874 km W of Kashgar, China · 15005 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002jj8. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:24 PM UTC.