M4.8 earthquake 50 km WSW of Kashgar, China
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 50 km WSW of Kashgar, China on Thu, Dec 19, 1985, 6:46 AM GMT+6 (00:46 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 54 km WNW of Kashgar, China. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-12-19 00:46:56 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.286° N, 75.460° 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: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.847 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14887 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.591 km S of Kashgar, China · 14887 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.839 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14886 days ago · 46 km deep · 11 km away
- 5.254 km WNW of Kashgar, China · 14847 days ago · 18 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.515 km NW of Kashgar, China · 14831 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002p2e (also filed as iscgem508728). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:38 AM UTC.