M4.5 earthquake 13 km SSW of Kashgar, China
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 13 km SSW of Kashgar, China on Sun, Sep 29, 1985, 12:07 PM GMT+6 (06:07 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-09-29 06:07:54 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.363° N, 75.916° 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 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.218 km SW of Kashgar, China · 14964 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 5.246 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14964 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.661 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14944 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
Before
- 4.326 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14972 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.652 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14973 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.574 km SSW of Kashgar, China · 14978 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.531 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14984 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.121 km SW of Kashgar, China · 14984 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.486 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14984 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.631 km WNW of Kashgar, China · 14985 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.761 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14986 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 5.156 km W of Kashgar, China · 14986 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away
- 6.251 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14986 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.854 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14989 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.659 km W of Kashgar, China · 14989 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.851 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14996 days ago · 25 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.820 km W of Kashgar, China · 14997 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002k90. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:28 PM UTC.