2008 Hotan earthquake

The epicentre was located 226 kilometres southeast of Hotan in Xinjiang, China, with an origin at 04:32 local time on 21 March. Records going back to 1900 list no stronger earthquake near Hotan.

Origin time (UTC)

2008-03-20T22:32

Magnitude

7.2

Magnitude type

mwc

Depth (km)

10

USGS event page

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp000g1w2

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: earthquake, china, xinjiang, hotan

Coordinates: 35.49, 81.467

Part of Earthquakes of magnitude 7 and above in the Himalaya since 1930

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