2017 Jinghe earthquake
44°16′N 82°53′E / 44.27°N 82.89°E / 44.27; 82.89 (CENC) [3]
44°18′22″N 82°50′10″E / 44.306°N 82.836°E / 44.306; 82.836 (USGS)[4]
Jinghe County, Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China
The 2017 Jinghe earthquake occurred at 07:27 China Standard Time (CST, UTC+8) on 9 August 2017, in Jinghe County, Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China, with magnitude 6.6 and depth 11 kilometres. The epicentre was 44°16′N 82°53′E / 44.27°N 82.89°E / 44.27; 82.89.[5] Most cities in northern Xinjiang felt the quake.[1][2] This earthquake occurred on the Tian Shan seismic zone. There was no direct relationship to the earthquake in Jiuzhaigou County that occurred the previous day.[6][7]
Casualties and damage
Until 11:00 CST (UTC+8) on 9 August 2017, this earthquake caused 32 people injured, including 2 critical injuries, and 142 buildings were collapsed and 1060 buildings were damaged.[8] A wall at the Gezhou 110kv Substation in Bajiahu Village fell, but the power supply was still normal.[9]
Aftershocks
Until 12:00 CST (UTC+8) on 9 August 2017, there occurred 108 aftershocks.[8] Until 15:00 CST (UTC+8) on 10 August 2017, there occurred 18 major aftershocks that reached a magnitude of 3.0, six of which reached a magnitude of 4.0. The major aftershock reported by China Earthquake Networks Center are listed below:
# | CST date and time | Epicentre | Depth | magnitude | Sources | |
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Coordinate | Place | |||||
Main | 2017-08-09 07:27:52 | 44°16′N 82°53′E / 44.27°N 82.89°E / 44.27; 82.89 | Jinghe County, Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China | 11 kilometres | 6.6 | [3] |
1 | 2017-08-09 07:31:06 | 44°17′N 82°49′E / 44.28°N 82.82°E / 44.28; 82.82 | 6 kilometres | 4.0 | [10] | |
2 | 2017-08-09 07:32:51 | 44°17′N 82°44′E / 44.29°N 82.74°E / 44.29; 82.74 | 12 kilometres | 4.0 | [11] | |
3 | 2017-08-09 07:35:02 | 44°20′N 82°54′E / 44.33°N 82.90°E / 44.33; 82.90 | 8 kilometres | 3.2 | [12] | |
4 | 2017-08-09 07:36:27 | 44°17′N 82°45′E / 44.29°N 82.75°E / 44.29; 82.75 | 13 kilometres | 3.3 | [13] | |
5 | 2017-08-09 07:39:18 | 44°17′N 82°45′E / 44.29°N 82.75°E / 44.29; 82.75 | 7 kilometres | 4.5 | [14] | |
6 | 2017-08-09 07:44:31 | 44°19′N 82°46′E / 44.31°N 82.76°E / 44.31; 82.76 | 8 kilometres | 4.7 | [15] | |
7 | 2017-08-09 08:22:37 | 44°18′N 82°43′E / 44.30°N 82.71°E / 44.30; 82.71 | 6 kilometres | 4.0 | [16] | |
8 | 2017-08-09 08:27:26 | 44°17′N 82°42′E / 44.28°N 82.70°E / 44.28; 82.70 | 5 kilometres | 3.1 | [17] | |
9 | 2017-08-09 08:40:23 | 44°17′N 82°35′E / 44.29°N 82.59°E / 44.29; 82.59 | 14 kilometres | 3.7 | [18] | |
10 | 2017-08-09 08:51:02 | 44°17′N 82°44′E / 44.29°N 82.74°E / 44.29; 82.74 | 12 kilometres | 3.0 | [19] | |
11 | 2017-08-09 08:52:34 | 44°17′N 82°42′E / 44.29°N 82.70°E / 44.29; 82.70 | 5 kilometres | 3.1 | [20] | |
12 | 2017-08-09 08:54:32 | 44°17′N 82°41′E / 44.28°N 82.69°E / 44.28; 82.69 | 12 kilometres | 3.1 | [21] | |
13 | 2017-08-09 13:22:40 | 44°17′N 82°47′E / 44.29°N 82.78°E / 44.29; 82.78 | 8 kilometres | 4.6 | [22] | |
14 | 2017-08-09 13:30:01 | 44°06′N 82°04′E / 44.10°N 82.07°E / 44.10; 82.07 | Nilka County, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China | 7 kilometres | 3.0 | [23] |
15 | 2017-08-09 18:02:09 | 44°19′N 82°51′E / 44.31°N 82.85°E / 44.31; 82.85 | Jinghe County, Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China | 7 kilometres | 3.2 | [24] |
16 | 2017-08-09 23:47:52 | 44°20′N 82°47′E / 44.33°N 82.79°E / 44.33; 82.79 | 7 kilometres | 3.3 | [25] | |
17 | 2017-08-10 01:14:12 | 44°17′N 82°44′E / 44.28°N 82.73°E / 44.28; 82.73 | 7 kilometres | 3.3 | [26] | |
18 | 2017-08-10 08:10:22 | 44°16′N 82°43′E / 44.26°N 82.71°E / 44.26; 82.71 | 8 kilometres | 3.3 | [27] | |
19 | 2017-08-12 06:19:06 | 44°17′N 82°43′E / 44.28°N 82.71°E / 44.28; 82.71 | 16 kilometres | 3.3 | [28] | |
20 | 2017-08-13 15:41:49 | 44°18′N 82°51′E / 44.30°N 82.85°E / 44.30; 82.85 | 8 kilometres | 3.0 | [29] |
See also
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Further reading
- Xu Zhang, Li-Sheng Xu, Jun Luo, Wanpeng Feng, Hai-Lin Du, Lu Li, Lei Yi, Chen Zheng, Chun-Lai Li; Source Characteristics of the 2017 Ms 6.6 (Mw 6.3) Jinghe Earthquake in the Northeastern Tien Shan. Seismological Research Letters doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/0220190194
External links
- The International Seismological Centre has a bibliography and/or authoritative data for this event.
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