M5.3 earthquake near Bole, Xinjiang

What happened

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 102 km SSE of Druzhba, Kazakhstan on 8 Aug 2017, 23:44 UTC at a depth of 10 km.

Earthquakes of this size are classed as Moderate. Can damage poorly built structures close to the epicentre. This was a shallow earthquake, which tends to be felt more strongly at the surface.

The nearest town in our records is Bole, about 82 km away in Xinjiang, China.