July 11, 1980 Earthquake: Shurab, Nefteabad, Tajikistan

Date

July 11, 1980

Time

11:47:26 UTC

Place

Shurab, Nefteabad, Tajikistan

Magnitude

5.2 (mb)

Focal depth

33 km (21 mi)

Intensity

6 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

40.113° N, 70.596° E

Country

Tajikistan

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.

• November 23, 838, Fergana, Uzbekistan15,000 deaths · 68 km
• December 16, 1902, Andizhan, UzbekistanM6.4 · 4,880 deaths · 41,704 houses destroyed · 163 km
• July 10, 1949, TajikistanM7.4 · 3,500 deaths · 103 km
• April 12, 2002, Do Abi-Nahrin, Tajikistan, AfghanistanM5.9 · 50 deaths · 160 houses destroyed · 102 km
• October 13, 1985, Kaptolyuk, Kayrakkum, Gafurov, TajikistanM5.9 · 29 deaths · $200 million · 69 km
• July 19, 2011, Fargona, Violyati, UzbekistanM6.1 · 14 deaths · 69 km
• July 21, 2007, Rasht, Asht, TajikistanM5.2 · 12 deaths · 131 km
• April 26, 1966, Tashkent, Uzbekistan10 deaths · $300 million · 175 km
• July 10, 2021, Rasht, Tojikobod, TajikistanM5.8 · 5 deaths · 128 km
• May 15, 1992, Andizhan, Osh, Uzbekistan, KyrgyzstanM6.2 · 4 deaths · $31 million · 5,500 houses destroyed · 185 km
• January 9, 2002, Roghun, TajikistanM5.3 · 3 deaths · 171 km
• April 13, 2025, Rasht, TajikistanM5.8 · 1 death · 67 houses destroyed · 122 km
• May 12, 2012, TajikistanM5.7 · 1 death · 168 km
• January 31, 1977, TajikistanM5.9 · 23 km
• January 8, 2007, Isfaria, KyrgyzstanM6 · 187 houses destroyed · 42 km

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