2003 Zhaosu earthquake

Earthquake near the China-Kazakhstan border 2003 Zhaosu earthquake 2003-12-01 01:38:31 usp000ce8k 7195925 1 December 2003 06:38:31 Kazakhstan time (UTC+5)09:38:31 CST (UTC+8) Kazakhstan s y 6.1w y 6.0 15 km mi 42.905 N 80.515 E Raiymbek, Kazakhstan and Zhaosu, China Reverse 145 (as of 30/12/2003) ¥100–500 million (US$14–70 million, equivalent to $32.6–122.7 million in 2005) VIII MMI 9 11 dead, 73 injured A s y 6.1 earthquake struck the China–Kazakhstan border region on 1 December 2003 at 01:38 UTC. The epicenter was located in Raiymbek District, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan, just 2 km mi from the border with Zhaosu County, Xinjiang, China.Seismological researches in Republic of Kazakhstan http://www.ipred-iisee.org/Kickoff/pdf/Prof.%20Dr.%20Tanatkan%20Abakanov.pdf Abakanov Tanatkan 2007 Institute of Seismology April 13, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20120328081957/http://www.ipred-iisee.org/Kickoff/pdf/Prof.%20Dr.%20Tanatkan%20Abakanov.pdf March 28, 2012 dead Tectonic setting The Tien Shan mountains in Central Asia formed as a result of thrusting and folding of the continental crust during the Late Cenozoic era. Around this time, the Indian subcontinent is colliding with Asia along a 2,500 km long convergent boundary known as the Main Himalayan Thrust. The ongoing collision of India into the Eurasian plate has resulted in extreme internal deformation of the continental crust. Deformation has induced large-scale intraplate shear and thrust faulting far from the plate boundary. Thrusting along the Tien Shan mountains has shortened the crust by an average velocity of 13 ± 7 mm/yr.Avouac J. P. Tapponnier P. Bai M. You H. Wang G. 10 April 1993 Active Thrusting and Folding Along the Northern Tien Shan and Late Cenozoic Rotation of the Tarim Relative to Dzungaria and Kazakhstan Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth https://authors.library.caltech.edu/33965/1/92JB01963.pdf 98 B4 6755–6804 10.1029/92JB01963 1993JGR....98.6755A 17 March 2021 In some areas such as the Western Tien Shan, the shortening rate is as high as 23 mm/yr, however in the northern region, that rate is much slower at just 6 mm/yr.Chun-Yong Wang Zhu-En Yang Hai Luo W.D. Mooney 2004 Crustal structure of the northern margin of the eastern Tien Shan, China, and its tectonic implications for the 1906 M~7.7 Manas earthquake https://escweb.wr.usgs.gov/share/mooney/2004_EPSL_TienShan.pdf Earth and Planetary Science Letters 223 1–2 187–202 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.04.015 2004E&PSL.223..187W 0012-821X Earthquake The United States Geological Survey (USGS) and International Seismological Centre (ISC) both reported a moment magnitude (w) of 6.0,ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1904–2018) http://www.isc.ac.uk/iscgem/index.php ISC 2022 International Seismological Centre Version 9.1 while the China Earthquake Administration put the magnitude at s y 6.1. The ISC reported a depth of 15 km mi. The earthquake occurred on a reverse fault. By 30 December, 145 aftershocks were recorded, including two exceeding l y 5.0. The earthquake had a maximum observed intensity of IX (Violent) on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale, according to the United States Geological Survey.EXPO-CAT Earthquake Catalog https://earthquake.usgs.gov/static/lfs/data/pager/catalogs/ December 1, 2008 United States Geological Survey Version 2007-12 24 May 2025 A survey conducted by the China Earthquake Administration determined that the earthquake had a maximum intensity of VIII on the China seismic intensity scale (CSIS), based on the severity of damage to homes, several stations and sheep pens in Zhaosu County. In Kazakhstan, a maximum intensity of VII (Very strong) on the Medvedev–Sponheuer–Karnik scale was recorded in the village of Sumbe, near the epicenter.The magnitude 6.1 earthquake at the border between China and Kazakhstan on December 1st, 2003, and its seismic damage characteristics https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266659212300080X Natural Hazards Research 10.1016/j.nhres.2023.08.003 Lijun Song Jun Shen Lihua Tang Weihua Hu Na Lu Xiahong Nie 3 632-639 December 2023 Elsevier free Tremors were also felt in Almaty and parts of Kyrgyzstan. Impact Eleven people were killed in the earthquake, with 73 others injured, 26 of them seriously. Most of the victims were killed after their homes collapsed, with four children among the dead.China quake kills 10 in remote northwest hills http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK337059.htm Reuters 1 December 2003 9 August 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20031207073645/http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/PEK337059.htm dead 7 December 2003 A total of 6,200 people were affected, 80% of whom were ethnic Mongols, with 800 homes destroyed, 200 schools damaged and 247 livestock killed. The worst-affected areas were the townships of Tianshan and Xiata in Zhaosu County. The earthquake caused losses of ¥100–500 million (US$14–70 million).2003年全球破坏性地震综述 http://www.eqsd.gov.cn/manage/html/ff808181126bebda01126bec4dd00001/old_html/zs/zs0216qq.htm China Earthquake Administration April 13, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20120313122943/http://www.eqsd.gov.cn/manage/html/ff808181126bebda01126bec4dd00001/old_html/zs/zs0216qq.htm March 13, 2012 dead Ground fissures formed near the epicenter. With the earthquake occurring in the cold winter, relief efforts were hampered by low temperatures and up to 30 cm in of snowfall covering roads in the epicenter region.Earthquake hits NW China's Xinjiang, kills 11 http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200312/02/eng20031202_129483.shtml December 2, 2003 People's Daily April 13, 2013 Homes also collapsed in the village of Sumbe in Raiymbek District, Kazakhstan. See also List of earthquakes in 2003 List of earthquakes in China List of earthquakes in Kazakhstan 2003 Bachu earthquake 2024 Uqturpan earthquake References M 6.0 - 106 km E of Kegen, Kazakhstan 2003 usp000ce8k External links 7195925 Category:2003 disasters in Asia Category:2003 earthquakes Category:2003 disasters in China Category:2003 in Kazakhstan Category:Almaty Region Category:Earthquakes in Xinjiang Category:Earthquakes in Kazakhstan