November 25, 2016 Earthquake: Kashgar, Xinjiang Province, China
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Kashgar, Xinjiang Province, China on November 25, 2016 at 14:24:30 UTC, 17 km below the surface. It killed 1 person.
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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
- November 25, 2016
- Time
- 14:24:30 UTC
- Place
- Kashgar, Xinjiang Province, China
- Magnitude
- 6.6 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 17 km (11 mi)
- Intensity
- 7 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 39.273° N, 73.978° E
- Country
- China
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Damage
- $5.5 million
- Houses destroyed
- Some (about 51 to 100)
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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Felt at Kashgar. Felt (VII) at Murghob, Tajikistan. Also felt at Dushanbe and Khorugh. Felt (IV) at Osh and (II) at Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Felt (III) at Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Felt at Almaty, Kazakhstan and at Islamabad, Mingaora and Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Murgob, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan - CDI: 7; Os, Os, Kyrgyzstan - CDI: 4; Kashi, Xinjiang, China - CDI: 4; Gurgaon, Haryana, India - CDI: 4; Tashkent, Taschkent, Uzbekistan - CDI: 3 (reference #13456)
A 6.7 magnitude earthquake has struck China's northwestern border with Tajikistan, killing at least one person, destroying houses and severing a railway line. (reference #12337)
5.5 million USD in damages (reference #1250)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- August 22, 1902, Xinjiang, Turkestan, China
- February 18, 1911, Usoy, Barchidiv, Posor, Nisur, Tajikistan
- October 5, 2008, Nura, Kyrgyzstan
- August 23, 1985, Wuqua-Shufu, S Xinjiang, China
- November 1, 1896, Kashgar, Xinjiang Province, China
- December 7, 2015, Tajikistan
- August 29, 1963, Xinjiang, China
- February 12, 2021, Haripur, Tajikistan, Pakistan
- November 11, 1936, S, Xinjiang Weiwuer Zizhiqu Province, China
- April 5, 1943, Xinjiang Weiwuer Zizhiqu Province, China
- April 17, 1990, Wuqia County, S Xinjiang, China
- September 14, 1969, Xinjiang Province, China
- April 15, 1955, Xinjiang Province, China
- September 27, 1944, Xinjiang, China
- December 25, 2002, Wuqia, Xinjiang, China
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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 10386.