M6.1 earthquake 3 km SSE of Uchkent, Russia
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck 3 km SSE of Uchkent, Russia on Thu, May 14, 1970, 12:20 PM GMT+3 (09:20 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.7 5 km ENE of Uchkent, Russia. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.1 (Mw, moment), strong
- Magnitude from
- ISC-GEM global catalog
- Local time
- UTC
- 1970-05-14 09:20:22 UTC
- Depth
- 12.8 km (8.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 43.083° N, 47.099° E
- Region
- Russia
- Strongest shaking
- VII, very strong shaking
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Deaths and damage
From NOAA NCEI’s Significant Earthquake Database (record 7504), matched to this event by time and place.
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
- Houses destroyed
- Few (about 1 to 50)
- Houses damaged
- Few (about 1 to 50)
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- VII, very strong shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 28.5% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- 3.3 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Depth from
- From location
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 3.1 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 6.75 km ENE of Uchkent, Russia · 20598 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
- 5.17 km W of Dubki, Russia · 20598 days ago · 20 km deep · 30 km away
- 5.212 km NNW of Shamkhal, Russia · 20598 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away
- 5.23 km ESE of Uchkent, Russia · 20597 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
- 5.11 km ENE of Novyy Chirkey, Russia · 20596 days ago · 15 km deep · 9 km away
- 5.56 km SW of Novyy Chirkey, Russia · 20595 days ago · 25 km deep · 9 km away
- 5.110 km ENE of Novyy Chirkey, Russia · 20573 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event iscgem795568 (also filed as atlas19700514092023). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 9:26 AM UTC.