M4.7 earthquake 61 km WSW of Kashgar, China
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck 61 km WSW of Kashgar, China on Thu, Sep 12, 1985, 5:04 AM GMT+6 (23:04 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 18 km SW 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
- 4.7 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-09-11 23:04:54 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.327° N, 75.299° 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 1.7 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.631 km WNW of Kashgar, China · 14991 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.486 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14990 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.121 km SW of Kashgar, China · 14990 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.531 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14990 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.574 km SSW of Kashgar, China · 14984 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.652 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14978 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.326 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14978 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.5103 km ENE of Murghob, Tajikistan · 14978 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 4.513 km SSW of Kashgar, China · 14974 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 5.218 km SW of Kashgar, China · 14970 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 5.246 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14970 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.661 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14950 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.974 km NE of Murghob, Tajikistan · 14950 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
Before
- 5.156 km W of Kashgar, China · 14992 days ago · 18 km deep · 7 km away
- 6.251 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14992 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.854 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14995 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.659 km W of Kashgar, China · 14995 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.851 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 15002 days ago · 25 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.820 km W of Kashgar, China · 15002 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 5.246 km W of Kashgar, China · 15005 days ago · 17 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.577 km W of Kashgar, China · 15005 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.771 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 15005 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.672 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 15006 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.854 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 15007 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.879 km W of Kashgar, China · 15009 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.687 km WNW of Kashgar, China · 15009 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 5.075 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 15010 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.471 km W of Kashgar, China · 15010 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.955 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 15010 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.958 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 15010 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.521 km NW of Kashgar, China · 15011 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.642 km WNW of Kashgar, China · 15011 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.675 km W of Kashgar, China · 15011 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002jp8. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 12:41 PM UTC.