A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Changji in China on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/06/25 / 2025-06-22 22:30:00 / June 22, 2025 @ 10:30 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 86.8413 East, latitude 44.115 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 22:30:00 / 10:30 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000qlv2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qlv2.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ürümqi, Shihezi, Yan’an Beilu (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Ürümqi (c. 3 029 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Shihezi (c. 572 800 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Yan’an Beilu (c. 198 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
How would you describe the shaking?
Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 38 km WNW of Changji, China.
Copyright © 2025 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply