2017 Jinghe earthquake 2017年精河地震 | |
Timestamp: | 2017-08-08 23:27:53 |
Anss-Url: | us2000a65e |
Isc-Event: | 610874246 |
Damage: | 142 buildings were collapsed and 1060 buildings were damaged |
Local-Date: | CST (UTC+8) |
Local-Time: | 07:27 CST |
Location: | (CENC) (USGS)[1] Jinghe County, Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China |
Magnitude: | 6.6 (CENC) 6.3 (USGS) |
Depth: | 11 kilometres (CENC) 20.0 kilometres (USGS) |
Aftershocks: | 108+, including 20 major aftershocks |
Affected: | most part in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China |
Casualties: | 32 injured (2 serious) |
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 44.27°N 82.89°W.[2] Most cities in northern Xinjiang felt the quake.[3] [4] 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.[5] [6]
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.[7] A wall at the Gezhou 110kv Substation in Bajiahu Village fell, but the power supply was still normal.[8]
Until 12:00 CST (UTC+8) on 9 August 2017, there occurred 108 aftershocks.[7] 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 | Jinghe County, Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China | 11 kilometres | 6.6 | [9] | |
1 | 2017-08-09 07:31:06 | 6 kilometres | 4.0 | [10] | ||
2 | 2017-08-09 07:32:51 | 12 kilometres | 4.0 | [11] | ||
3 | 2017-08-09 07:35:02 | 8 kilometres | 3.2 | [12] | ||
4 | 2017-08-09 07:36:27 | 13 kilometres | 3.3 | [13] | ||
5 | 2017-08-09 07:39:18 | 7 kilometres | 4.5 | [14] | ||
6 | 2017-08-09 07:44:31 | 8 kilometres | 4.7 | [15] | ||
7 | 2017-08-09 08:22:37 | 6 kilometres | 4.0 | [16] | ||
8 | 2017-08-09 08:27:26 | 5 kilometres | 3.1 | [17] | ||
9 | 2017-08-09 08:40:23 | 14 kilometres | 3.7 | [18] | ||
10 | 2017-08-09 08:51:02 | 12 kilometres | 3.0 | [19] | ||
11 | 2017-08-09 08:52:34 | 5 kilometres | 3.1 | [20] | ||
12 | 2017-08-09 08:54:32 | 12 kilometres | 3.1 | [21] | ||
13 | 2017-08-09 13:22:40 | 8 kilometres | 4.6 | [22] | ||
14 | 2017-08-09 13:30:01 | Nilka County, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China | 7 kilometres | 3.0 | [23] | |
15 | 2017-08-09 18:02:09 | Jinghe County, Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China | 7 kilometres | 3.2 | [24] | |
16 | 2017-08-09 23:47:52 | 7 kilometres | 3.3 | [25] | ||
17 | 2017-08-10 01:14:12 | 7 kilometres | 3.3 | [26] | ||
18 | 2017-08-10 08:10:22 | 8 kilometres | 3.3 | [27] | ||
19 | 2017-08-12 06:19:06 | 16 kilometres | 3.3 | [28] | ||
20 | 2017-08-13 15:41:49 | 8 kilometres | 3.0 | [29] |