M 6.8 earthquake – 91 km E of Xinyuan, China
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Local time: Mar 10, 1944 · 04:03 (UTC+6)
StrongShallow · 10 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 6.8moment magnitude (mw)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 43.275, 84.35791 km from Xinyuan
- Energy released
- 239 kilotons of TNTabout 16 × Hiroshima
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- 7.6max. instrumental (MMI)
- Aftershocks
- 1M2.5+ within 56 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 720USGS score, 0–1,000+
The strongest here since 1906
The last earthquake at least as strong within 300 km struck on Dec 22, 1906.
How strong was it?
Strong earthquake. It released 239 kilotons of TNT, 501 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
1 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 56 km in the 60 days after.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around China.
- 7.9 95 km WSW of Shihezi, China Dec 22, 1906
- 7.4 110 km ENE of Kuqa, China Feb 23, 1949
- 7.3 52 km ESE of Xinyuan, China Mar 9, 1944
- 6.6 78 km ESE of Xinyuan, China Mar 2, 1906
- 6.5 116 km E of Baluntaicun, China Sep 29, 1922
- 6.5 14 km E of Ürümqi, China Nov 13, 1965
- 6.5 79 km W of Kuqa, China Nov 12, 1906
- 6.4 52 km E of Kuqa, China May 25, 1949