A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Changji in China. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 21:45:16 / 9:45 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qz6y. Id of event: us6000qz6y. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/07/25 / 2025-07-28 21:45:16 / July 28, 2025 @ 9:45 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 87.0464 East, latitude 44.1785 North, depth = 10 km.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shihezi, Ürümqi, Yan’an Beilu. Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (38 miles) from Ürümqi (c. 3 029 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Shihezi (c. 572 800 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Yan’an Beilu (c. 198 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 28 km NW of Changji, China.

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