September 25, 1988 Earthquake: Roshtkala, Khorog, Tajikistan

Date

September 25, 1988

Time

20:52:14 UTC

Place

Roshtkala, Khorog, Tajikistan

Magnitude

5 (Ms)

Focal depth

11 km (7 mi)

Intensity

6 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

37.180° N, 71.811° E

Country

Tajikistan

Damage

Moderate (about $1 to $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.

• May 30, 1998, Badakhshan, Takhar, AfghanistanM6.6 · 4,700 deaths · $10 million · 151 km
• February 4, 1998, Dushanbe, Rostaq, Tajikistan, AfghanistanM5.9 · 2,323 deaths · 8,094 houses destroyed · 153 km
• January 31, 1991, Badakhstan, Baghlan, Laghman, Nagarhar, AfghanistanM6.4 · 848 deaths · $36 million · 181 km
• October 26, 2015, Hindu Kush, AfghanistanM7.5 · 399 deaths · $109 million · 29,230 houses destroyed · 148 km
• February 18, 1911, Usoy, Barchidiv, Posor, Nisur, TajikistanM7.2 · 318 deaths · 141 km
• March 3, 2002, Samanghan, Kabul, Rustaq, Hindu Kush, AfghanistanM7.4 · 166 deaths · 300 houses destroyed · 140 km
• September 3, 1972, Tangir, Gupis, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, PakistanM6.2 · 100 deaths · 1,000 houses destroyed · 193 km
• July 13, 1990, Pik Lenina, Hindu Kush, AfghanistanM5.6 · 43 deaths · 125 km
• December 30, 1983, Kabul, Samangan, Pakistan, Hindu Kush, AfghanistanM7.2 · 26 deaths · $3 million · 131 km
• March 21, 2023, Laghman, Pakistan, AfghanistanM6.5 · 19 deaths · 22 houses destroyed · 104 km
• April 3, 2026, Kabul, AfghanistanM5.8 · 12 deaths · 5 houses destroyed · 111 km
• July 8, 1909, Pakistan10 deaths · 197 km
• April 10, 2016, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, AfghanistanM6.6 · 6 deaths · 99 km
• October 22, 2009, Hindu Kush, AfghanistanM6.1 · 5 deaths · 106 km
• December 12, 2005, Tili, Jalalabad, Badakhshan, AfghanistanM6.5 · 5 deaths · 100 houses destroyed · 112 km

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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 5171.