M4.6 earthquake 61 km WSW of Kashgar, China
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 61 km WSW of Kashgar, China on Thu, Oct 24, 1985, 1:06 AM GMT+6 (19:06 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 74 km NE of Murghob, Tajikistan. 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
- 1985-10-23 19:06:29 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.219° N, 75.355° 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: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.974 km NE of Murghob, Tajikistan · 14943 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.850 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14887 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.847 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14887 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.591 km S of Kashgar, China · 14887 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.839 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14886 days ago · 46 km deep · 22 km away
Before
- 5.246 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14964 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 5.218 km SW of Kashgar, China · 14964 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.513 km SSW of Kashgar, China · 14968 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.5103 km ENE of Murghob, Tajikistan · 14971 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.326 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14972 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.652 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14972 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002m2j. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:33 AM UTC.