August 8, 2017 Earthquake: Bortala, Xingjiang, China
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Bortala, Xingjiang, China on August 8, 2017 at 23:27:53 UTC, 20 km below the surface.
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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
- August 8, 2017
- Time
- 23:27:53 UTC
- Place
- Bortala, Xingjiang, China
- Magnitude
- 6.3 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 20 km (12 mi)
- Intensity
- 6 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 44.302° N, 82.832° E
- Country
- China
The toll
- Injuries
- 32
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
- Houses destroyed
- 142
- Houses damaged
- 1,060
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.
At least 32 people injured, 142 houses destroyed and 1,060 damaged in Jinghe. Druzhba, Almaty, Kazakhstan - CDI: 6; Toutunhe, Xinjiang, China - CDI: 4; Almaty, Almaty, Kazakhstan - CDI: 3; Urumqi, Xinjiang, China - CDI: 3; Oskemen, Sigis Kazakstan, Kazakhstan - CDI: 3(reference #13456)
China recorded another significant earthquake on Wednesday in the northwestern region of Xinjiang. Local media said 32 people were injured, two of them seriously, while some 1,000 houses were damaged in the 6.3-magnitude quake, which hit a sparsely populated region along China's border with Kazakhstan. (reference #11866)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- December 22, 1906, Xinjiang Province, China
- March 9, 1944, Xinjiang Province, China
- November 23, 2006, North, Xinjiang Province, China
- April 24, 1955, Xinjiang Province, China
- March 8, 1812, Xinjiang Province, China
- November 1, 2011, Xinjiang Province, China
- August 19, 1962, Xinjiang, China
- July 20, 2007, Tekes, Xinjiang, China
- June 18, 1786, Xinjiang, China
- June 29, 2012, Xinjiang Province, 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 10262.