List of earthquakes in Kazakhstan explained
This list includes seismic events with epicenters that located within the Kazakhstan territory.
List
| Date | Location | Mag. | MMI | Deaths | Injuries | Comments | Source |
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| 06.08.1887 | Almaty Region, Kazakhstan | 7.3–7.8 | X | 330 | | | [1] |
| 07.11.1889 | Almaty Region, Kazakhstan | 7.9–8.0 | X | 92+ | | | [2] |
| 01.04.1911 | Chüy Region, Kyrgyzstan | 8.0–8.1 | X | 452 | 740 | The most strongest earthquake ever in Kazakhstan | [3] |
| 11.03.1946 | Jalal-Abad Region, Kyrgyzstan | 7.5–7.6 | X | | | | [4] |
| 06.05.1970 | Almaty Region, Kazakhstan | 6.6 | | | | | [5] |
| 05.10.1971 | Jambyl Region, Kazakhstan | 5.5 | | | | | [6] |
| 06.24.1978 | Almaty Region, Kazakhstan | 6.2–7.1 | VIII | | | | [7] |
| 06.14.1990 | East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan | 6.8 | V | 1 | | | [8] |
| 08.03.1990 | East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan | 6.1 | VII | | 1 | | [9] |
| 09.27.1990 | East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan | 4.5 | VI | | | | [10] |
| 08.19.1992 | Jalal-Abad Region, Kyrgyzstan | 7.5 | IX | 75 | | | [11] |
| 12.01.2003 | Xinjiang, China | 6.0 | VII | 10 | 73 | | [12] |
| 06.13.2009 | Almaty Region, Kazakhstan | 5.4 | | 1 | | | [13] |
| 01.23.2024 | Xinjiang, China | 7.0 | IX | 3 | 74 | | [14] |
| 02.04.2024 | Issyk-Kul Region, Kazakhstan | 5.3 | VI | | 1 | | [15] | |
Notes and References
- Frank Krüger . Galina Kulikova . Angela Landgraf . 2018 . Magnitudes for the historical 1885 (Belovodskoe), the 1887 (Verny) and the 1889 (Chilik) earthquakes in Central Asia determined from magnetogram recordings . Geophysical Journal International . Oxford University Press . 215 . 3 . 1824–1840 . 10.1093/gji/ggy377. free .
- Web site: NGDC . Significant Earthquake Information . 23 August 2021.
- Web site: 27 October 2009 . Today in Earthquake History: January 3 . 25 January 2024 . United States Geological Survey.
- Web site: Significant Earthquake Information KYRGYZSTAN . 25 January 2024 . NGDC.
- Web site: NGDC . Significant Earthquake Information . 18 February 2024.
- Zhunusov . Toleubai . Earthquake Resistance of Prestressed Reinforced Concrete and Conventional Structures . Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur . 2.
- Web site: NGDC . Significant Earthquake Information . 1 April 2024.
- Web site: NGDC . Significant Earthquake Information . 18 February 2024.
- Web site: NGDC . Significant Earthquake Information . 18 February 2024.
- Web site: NGDC . Significant Earthquake Information . 18 February 2024.
- Web site: M7.3 - Kyrgyzstan . 25 January 2024 . USGS.
- Web site: Tanatkan . Abakanov . 2007 . Seismological researches in Republic of Kazakhstan . 25 January 2024 . Institute of Seismology.
- Web site: NGDC . Significant Earthquake Information . 18 February 2024.
- Web site: 2024-01-23 . Землетрясение в Алматы: 44 пострадавших (видео) . 2024-01-24 . kaktus.media . ru.
- Web site: 4 March 2024 . M 5.3 - 29 km NNW of Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan . 10 March 2024 . United States Geological Survey.
