1620 Earthquake: Akhsy, Uzbekistan

Date

1620

Place

Akhsy, Uzbekistan

Magnitude

5.8

Focal depth

6 km (4 mi)

Intensity

9 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

40.900° N, 71.400° E

Country

Uzbekistan

Deaths

Many (about 101 to 1,000)

Damage

Severe (about $5 to $25 million)

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.

• November 23, 838, Fergana, Uzbekistan15,000 deaths · 56 km
• December 16, 1902, Andizhan, UzbekistanM6.4 · 4,880 deaths · 41,704 houses destroyed · 77 km
• July 10, 1949, TajikistanM7.4 · 3,500 deaths · 196 km
• April 12, 2002, Do Abi-Nahrin, Tajikistan, AfghanistanM5.9 · 50 deaths · 160 houses destroyed · 198 km
• October 13, 1985, Kaptolyuk, Kayrakkum, Gafurov, TajikistanM5.9 · 29 deaths · $200 million · 149 km
• July 19, 2011, Fargona, Violyati, UzbekistanM6.1 · 14 deaths · 91 km
• April 26, 1966, Tashkent, Uzbekistan10 deaths · $300 million · 196 km
• May 15, 1992, Andizhan, Osh, Uzbekistan, KyrgyzstanM6.2 · 4 deaths · $31 million · 5,500 houses destroyed · 87 km
• January 31, 1977, TajikistanM5.9 · 106 km
• July 11, 1980, Shurab, Nefteabad, TajikistanM5.2 · 111 km
• November 2, 1946, KyrgyzstanM7.6 · 114 km
• September 5, 2002, KyrgyzstanM5.5 · 136 km
• January 1, 2008, Osh, KyrgyzstanM5.6 · 5,385 houses destroyed · 150 km
• January 8, 2007, Isfaria, KyrgyzstanM6 · 187 houses destroyed · 153 km
• April 3, 1868, Turkestan, Tashkent, Kazakhstan, UzbekistanM6.5 · 155 km

Significant earthquakes of 1620The 1600sRecent earthquakes near here

Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 891.