March 8, 2012 Earthquake: Xinjiang, China
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck Xinjiang, China on March 8, 2012 at 22:50:08 UTC, 38 km below the surface.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- March 8, 2012
- Time
- 22:50:08 UTC
- Place
- Xinjiang, China
- Magnitude
- 5.9 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 38 km (24 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 39.383° N, 81.307° E
- Country
- China
The toll
- Injuries
- 36,641
- Damage
- $84 million
- Houses damaged
- Many (101 to 1,000)
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
More
Significant earthquakes of 2012The 2000sEvery quake the USGS located in 2012Recent earthquakes near hereThis day in weather history
Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 10573.