December 6, 2000 Earthquake: Nebitdag-Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan
A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Nebitdag-Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan on December 6, 2000 at 17:11:06 UTC, 30 km below the surface. It killed 11 people.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- December 6, 2000
- Time
- 17:11:06 UTC
- Place
- Nebitdag-Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan
- Magnitude
- 7 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 30 km (19 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 39.566° N, 54.799° E
- Country
- Turkmenistan
The toll
- Deaths
- 11
- Injuries
- Some (about 51 to 100)
- 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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Unconfirmed reports of 11 people killed, several injured and damage (VII) in the Nebitdag-Turkmenbashi area. Felt (V) at Gyzylarbat and (IV) at Ashgabat. Felt (V) at Nukus and (III) at Bukhoro, Qarshi, Samarqand and Tashkent, Uzbekistan;
(V) at Baku, Azerbaijan; (IV) at Izberbash, Makhachkala and Pyatigorsk, Russia. Also felt in Armenia, northern Iran and as far north as Moscow. (reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
More
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Sources
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 5585.