List of earthquakes in Tajikistan explained

This list of earthquakes in Tajikistan, is a list of notable earthquakes that have affected the area currently defined as Tajikistan.

Earthquakes

Date	Place	Lat	Lon	Deaths	Injuries		MMI	Comments	Ref
2023-03-22	Sughd	36.523	69.953		3	5.9 Mw	VIII	Severe damage	[1]
2021-10-07	Rasht	38.959	70.572	5	30	5.7 Mw	VII	20+ buildings destroyed	[2]
2021-02-12	Gorno-Badakhshan	38.136	73.545	1	5	5.9	IV	Minor damage	[3]
2018-05-09	Gorno-Badakhshan	36.994	71.382		2	6.2	IV	Minor damage	[4]
2018-03-29	Roghun	38.716	69.978			5.7	VII	Dozens of houses damaged	[5]
2017-05-03	Lakhsh	39.494	71.444		1	6.0	VII	Severe damage	[6] [7]
2015-12-07	Gorno-Badakhshan	38.26	72.77	2	Dozens	7.2 Mw	VII	Many homes destroyed	[8]
2012-05-13	Districts of Republican Subordination	38.61	70.35	1		5.7 Mw	VII	Many buildings destroyed / livestock killed	[9]
2011-07-19	Fergana Valley	40.05	71.44	14	86	6.2 Mw	VIII
2010-01-02	Gorno-Badakhshan	38.245	71.467			5.4	IV	20,000 people homeless	[10] [11]
2007-07-21	Rasht	38.936	70.485	12		5.2	VI	Most deaths from a landslide	[12]
2006-07-29	Khatlon Province	37.26	68.83	3	19	5.6 Mw
2002-01-09	Roghun	38.673	69.902	3	50	5.3	V	Moderate damage	[13]
1991-01-31	Afghanistan	35.99	70.42	3	200	6.9 Mw	VII	545 people killed in Afghanistan, and 300 in Pakistan.
1989-01-22	Gissar	38.47	68.69	274	Many	5.3 Mb	VII
1985-10-13	Kayrakum	40.3	69.82	29	80	5.9 Ms	IX	Extreme damage / many homes destroyed
1984-10-26	Djirgital	39.16	71.33			6.1 Ms	VII	Moderate damage / some homes destroyed
1977-01-31		40.04	70.85			5.9 Ms		Moderate damage
1949-07-10	Gharm Oblast	39.2	70.8	7,200		7.5	IX
1930-09-22	Dushanbe	38.4	68.5	175		6.3
1911-02-18	Rushon District	38.2	72.8	90		7.4 Ms	IX
1907-10-21	Karatag	38.5	67.9	12,000–15,000		7.4 Ms	IX
Note: The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand alone articles. The principles described also apply to lists. In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded.

See also

• Geology of Tajikistan

References

Sources

Notes and References

1. Web site: M 5.9 – 51 km NNW of Novobod, Tajikistan.
2. Web site: M5.7 – Tajikistan.
3. Web site: M 5.9 – 37 km W of Murghob, Tajikistan. February 12, 2021. United States Geological Survey.
4. Web site: M 6.2 – 36 km NW of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan. United States Geological Survey.
5. Web site: M 5.7 – 11 km SE of Roghun, Tajikistan. United States Geological Survey.
6. Web site: M 6.0 – 29 km NNW of Karakenja, Tajikistan. United States Geological Survey. June 12, 2017. May 3, 2017.
7. News: Moderate earthquake hits Kyrgyzstan. Xinhua News Agency. May 3, 2017. May 3, 2017.
8. Web site: M7.2 – 105 km W of Murghob, Tajikistan. United States Geological Survey. 7 December 2015.
9. Web site: M5.7 – Tajikistan. United States Geological Survey.
10. Web site: M 5.4 – 84 km N of Khorugh, Tajikistan. United States Geological Survey.
11. News: Tajikistan earthquake leaves 20,000 homeless. 26 February 2022. United Kingdom.
12. Web site: M 5.2 – 14 km SE of Rasht, Tajikistan. United States Geological Survey.
13. Web site: M5.3 – Tajikistan. United States Geological Survey. September 11, 2015. September 11, 2015.