September 5, 2002 Earthquake: Kyrgyzstan

Date

September 5, 2002

Time

11:03:05 UTC

Place

Kyrgyzstan

Magnitude

5.5 (Mw)

Focal depth

32 km (20 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

39.770° N, 72.007° E

Country

Kyrgyzstan

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.

• November 23, 838, Fergana, Uzbekistan15,000 deaths · 92 km
• December 16, 1902, Andizhan, UzbekistanM6.4 · 4,880 deaths · 41,704 houses destroyed · 117 km
• July 10, 1949, TajikistanM7.4 · 3,500 deaths · 121 km
• February 18, 1911, Usoy, Barchidiv, Posor, Nisur, TajikistanM7.2 · 318 deaths · 172 km
• October 5, 2008, Nura, KyrgyzstanM6.6 · 74 deaths · 158 km
• October 13, 1985, Kaptolyuk, Kayrakkum, Gafurov, TajikistanM5.9 · 29 deaths · $200 million · 195 km
• July 19, 2011, Fargona, Violyati, UzbekistanM6.1 · 14 deaths · 62 km
• July 21, 2007, Rasht, Asht, TajikistanM5.2 · 12 deaths · 160 km
• July 10, 2021, Rasht, Tojikobod, TajikistanM5.8 · 5 deaths · 153 km
• May 15, 1992, Andizhan, Osh, Uzbekistan, KyrgyzstanM6.2 · 4 deaths · $31 million · 5,500 houses destroyed · 143 km
• December 7, 2015, TajikistanM7.2 · 2 deaths · $5 million · 500 houses destroyed · 186 km
• April 13, 2025, Rasht, TajikistanM5.8 · 1 death · 67 houses destroyed · 143 km
• November 25, 2016, Kashgar, Xinjiang Province, ChinaM6.6 · 1 death · $5.5 million · 178 km
• August 29, 1963, Xinjiang, ChinaM6.5 · 1 death · 40 houses destroyed · 187 km
• May 12, 2012, TajikistanM5.7 · 1 death · 192 km

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