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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Changji in China


Earthquake location 44.115S, 86.8413WA 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.

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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.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 86.8413° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 44.115° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 38 km WNW of Changji, China Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-06-22 22:30:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-22 23:34:40 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 271 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 32 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.621 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 102 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000qlv2 Id of event.
Event Code 6000qlv2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qlv2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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