February 26, 1983 Earthquake: Garm, Khazora, Tajikistan

Date

February 26, 1983

Time

20:07:49 UTC

Place

Garm, Khazora, Tajikistan

Magnitude

5.2 (Ms)

Focal depth

49 km (30 mi)

Intensity

7 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

38.841° N, 70.727° E

Country

Tajikistan

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 · 180 km
• July 10, 1949, TajikistanM7.4 · 3,500 deaths · 40 km
• February 18, 1911, Usoy, Barchidiv, Posor, Nisur, TajikistanM7.2 · 318 deaths · 174 km
• January 22, 1989, Sharora, Gissar, TajikistanM5.3 · 274 deaths · $24.8 million · 181 km
• September 22, 1930, Dushanbe (Stalinabad), TajikistanM6.3 · 175 deaths · 200 km
• April 12, 2002, Do Abi-Nahrin, Tajikistan, AfghanistanM5.9 · 50 deaths · 160 houses destroyed · 168 km
• October 13, 1985, Kaptolyuk, Kayrakkum, Gafurov, TajikistanM5.9 · 29 deaths · $200 million · 180 km
• July 19, 2011, Fargona, Violyati, UzbekistanM6.1 · 14 deaths · 150 km
• July 21, 2007, Rasht, Asht, TajikistanM5.2 · 12 deaths · 23 km
• July 10, 2021, Rasht, Tojikobod, TajikistanM5.8 · 5 deaths · 19 km
• January 9, 2002, Roghun, TajikistanM5.3 · 3 deaths · 74 km
• December 7, 2015, TajikistanM7.2 · 2 deaths · $5 million · 500 houses destroyed · 192 km
• April 13, 2025, Rasht, TajikistanM5.8 · 1 death · 67 houses destroyed · 20 km
• May 12, 2012, TajikistanM5.7 · 1 death · 41 km
• July 1, 2016, Rasht, TajikistanM5 · 31 houses destroyed · 15 km

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