March 25, 1990 Earthquake: Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan

Date

March 25, 1990

Time

14:17:18 UTC

Place

Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan

Magnitude

6.3 (Ms)

Focal depth

33 km (21 mi)

Intensity

6 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

37.034° N, 72.942° 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.

• February 18, 1911, Usoy, Barchidiv, Posor, Nisur, TajikistanM7.2 · 318 deaths · 143 km
• September 12, 1981, Gilgit, PakistanM5.9 · 220 deaths · $5 million · 160 km
• September 3, 1972, Tangir, Gupis, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, PakistanM6.2 · 100 deaths · 1,000 houses destroyed · 122 km
• March 21, 2023, Laghman, Pakistan, AfghanistanM6.5 · 19 deaths · 22 houses destroyed · 184 km
• April 3, 2026, Kabul, AfghanistanM5.8 · 12 deaths · 5 houses destroyed · 194 km
• July 8, 1909, Pakistan10 deaths · 175 km
• April 10, 2016, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, AfghanistanM6.6 · 6 deaths · 173 km
• December 12, 2005, Tili, Jalalabad, Badakhshan, AfghanistanM6.5 · 5 deaths · 100 houses destroyed · 181 km
• October 22, 2009, Hindu Kush, AfghanistanM6.1 · 5 deaths · 186 km
• December 25, 2015, Afghanistan, PakistanM6.3 · 4 deaths · 173 km
• April 5, 2004, Kabul, Samangan, Pakistan, Hindu Kush, AfghanistanM6.5 · 3 deaths · 180 km
• December 7, 2015, TajikistanM7.2 · 2 deaths · $5 million · 500 houses destroyed · 132 km
• January 19, 2026, Barishal, PakistanM5.6 · 2 deaths · 139 km
• January 31, 2018, Baluchistan, Afghanistan, PakistanM6.2 · 2 deaths · 195 km
• February 12, 2021, Haripur, Tajikistan, PakistanM5.9 · 1 death · 134 km

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