Information on the earthquake: moderate mag. Earthquake 4.8 – 116 km south of Bayanhongor, Bayankhongor, Bayanhongor Aymag, Mongolia, on Thursday, September 23, 2021 at 8:03 am (GMT +8)

Moderate magnitude earthquake 4.8 to 10 km deep

September 23 00:14 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 10 minutes.

Updated Thu Sep 23 2021, 12:18 AM

Magnitude 4.8 earthquake strikes near Bayanhongor, Bayankhongor, Bayanhongor Aymag, Mongolia

Earthquake 4.8 23 September 08:03 (GMT +8)

A 4.8 magnitude earthquake near Bayanhongor, Bayankhongor, Bayanhongor Aymag, Mongolia, was reported just 14 minutes ago by the German Geoscience Research Center (GFZ), considered one of the leading international agencies that monitor seismic activity around the world. The earthquake occurred at a shallow depth of 10 km below the epicenter on the morning of Thursday, September 23, 2021 at 8:03 a.m. local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter and depth of the quake could be revised in the coming hours or minutes, as seismologists review the data and refine their calculations, or when other agencies release their report.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) which listed the earthquake at a magnitude of 5.5.
Cities near the epicenter where the quake could have been felt as very weak tremors include Bayanhongor (pop. 26,300) located 116 km from the epicenter.
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Date and hour : 23 Sep 2021 12:03:44 UTC –
Local time at epicenter: Thursday 23 Sep 2021 08:03 (GMT +8)
Magnitude: 4.8
Depth: 10.0 km

Latitude / longitude of epicenter: 45.15 ° N / 100.79 ° E↗ (Bayanhongor Aymag, Mongolia)
Antipode: 45.15 ° S / 79.21 ° W↗

Nearby towns and villages:
116 km (72 mi) south of Bayanhongor (Bayanhongor) (pop: 26,300) -> See earthquakes nearby!
121 km (75 mi) to WNW of Hovd (Bogd, vörhangay) (pop: 27,900) -> Observe the earthquakes nearby!
198 km (123 mi) southwest of Gere d’Arubaï (Taragt, Övörhangay) (pop: 25,600) -> Observe the earthquakes nearby!
164 mi (264 km) south of Cecerleg (Arhangay) (pop: 5,880) -> Watch the earthquakes nearby!
275 km (171 mi) southwest of Kharkhorin (Övörhangay) (pop: 8,980) -> Watch the earthquakes nearby!
338 km (210 mi) to WNW of Dalandzadgad (Khankhongor, mnögovĭ) (pop: 15,100) -> Observe the earthquakes nearby!
375 km (233 mi) southwest of Ulanhudag (Aimak center) (pop: 1,500) -> Observe the earthquakes nearby!
377 km (234 mi) ESE of Altay (Yesunbulag, Govĭ-Altay) (pop: 15,800) -> Watch the earthquakes nearby!
418 km (260 mi) southeast of Oulia-Sontai (Dzabkhan) (pop: 16,200) -> Observe the earthquakes nearby!
558 km (347 mi) WW of Ulaanbaatar (pop: 844,800) -> See nearby earthquakes!

Weather at the epicenter at the time of the earthquake:
Broken clouds

12.9 ° C (55 F), humidity: 35%, wind: 6 m / s (12 kts) from E

Main data source: GFZ (German Geoscience Research Center)

Estimated energy released: 1×10¹² joules (278 megawatt hours, equivalent to 239 tonnes of TNT) Find out more

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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report the same earthquake and publish similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It normally takes up to a few hours for the seismic parameters to be calculated with near optimum accuracy.