December 25, 2006 Earthquake: Kochkor, Kyrgyzstan
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Kochkor, Kyrgyzstan on December 25, 2006 at 20:01:00 UTC, 12 km below the surface.
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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 25, 2006
- Time
- 20:01:00 UTC
- Place
- Kochkor, Kyrgyzstan
- Magnitude
- 5.8 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 12 km (7 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 42.156° N, 76.163° E
- Country
- Kyrgyzstan
The toll
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 million); Moderate (about $1 to $5 million) with its tsunami and other effects
- Houses destroyed
- 2,410
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.
Ten houses destroyed, at least 2,400 buildings damaged and power and telephone lines broken in the Kochkor area. Felt
(IV) at Bishkek. Also felt (IV) at Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Felt at Naryn, Kyrgyzstan; Tashkent, Uzbekistan;
Boralday and Esik, Kazakhstan. (reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
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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 7450.