January 5, 1967 Earthquake: Mongolia

Name: January 5, 1967 Earthquake: Mongolia
Start: 1967-01-05
Location: Mongolia

January 5, 1967 · M7.5

A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Mongolia on January 5, 1967 at 00:14:00 UTC, 35 km below the surface.

Map

Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.

The earthquake

Date: January 5, 1967
Time: 00:14:00 UTC
Place: Mongolia
Magnitude: 7.5
Focal depth: 35 km (22 mi)
Intensity: 10 on the Modified Mercalli scale
Tsunami: None recorded
Epicenter: 48.100° N, 102.800° E
Country: Mongolia

The toll

Damage: Limited (under about $1 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.

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Sources

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 4388.