April 2, 1983 Earthquake: Kum-Dag, Turkmenistan

Date

April 2, 1983

Time

00:32:27 UTC

Place

Kum-Dag, Turkmenistan

Magnitude

4.6 (mb)

Focal depth

33 km (21 mi)

Intensity

5 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

39.042° N, 48.714° E

Country

Turkmenistan

Damage

$5 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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