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 . Most cities in northern Xinjiang felt the quake. 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.CCTV-13 朝闻天下 9 August 2017

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. A wall at the Gezhou 110kv Substation in Bajiahu Village fell, but the power supply was still normal.

Aftershocks

Until 12:00 CST (UTC+8) on 9 August 2017, there occurred 108 aftershocks. 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 Coordinate PlaceMain2017-08-09 07:27:52Jinghe County, Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China11 kilometres6.612017-08-09 07:31:066 kilometres4.022017-08-09 07:32:5112 kilometres4.032017-08-09 07:35:028 kilometres3.242017-08-09 07:36:2713 kilometres3.352017-08-09 07:39:187 kilometres4.562017-08-09 07:44:318 kilometres4.772017-08-09 08:22:376 kilometres4.082017-08-09 08:27:265 kilometres3.192017-08-09 08:40:2314 kilometres3.7102017-08-09 08:51:0212 kilometres3.0112017-08-09 08:52:345 kilometres3.1122017-08-09 08:54:3212 kilometres3.1132017-08-09 13:22:408 kilometres4.6142017-08-09 13:30:01Nilka County, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China7 kilometres3.0152017-08-09 18:02:09Jinghe County, Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China7 kilometres3.2162017-08-09 23:47:527 kilometres3.3172017-08-10 01:14:127 kilometres3.3182017-08-10 08:10:228 kilometres3.3192017-08-12 06:19:0616 kilometres3.3202017-08-13 15:41:498 kilometres3.0

See also

List of earthquakes in 2017 List of earthquakes in China

References

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

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