May 17, 1976 Earthquake: Gazli, Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Name: May 17, 1976 Earthquake: Gazli, Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Start: 1976-05-17
Location: Gazli, Bukhara, Uzbekistan

May 17, 1976 · M7 · $85 million

A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Gazli, Bukhara, Uzbekistan on May 17, 1976 at 02:58:40 UTC, 10 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: May 17, 1976
Time: 02:58:40 UTC
Place: Gazli, Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Magnitude: 7 (Ms)
Focal depth: 10 km (6 mi)
Intensity: 10 on the Modified Mercalli scale
Tsunami: None recorded
Epicenter: 40.380° N, 63.470° E
Country: Uzbekistan

The toll

Damage: $85 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.

Other significant earthquakes nearby

Within 200 km, the deadliest first.

Significant earthquakes of 1976 The 1900s Every quake the USGS located in 1976 Recent earthquakes near here This day in weather history

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 4724.