January 8, 2007 Earthquake: Isfaria, Kyrgyzstan
A magnitude 6 earthquake struck Isfaria, Kyrgyzstan on January 8, 2007 at 17:21:50 UTC, 18 km below the surface.
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
- January 8, 2007
- Time
- 17:21:50 UTC
- Place
- Isfaria, Kyrgyzstan
- Magnitude
- 6 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 18 km (11 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 39.803° N, 70.311° E
- Country
- Kyrgyzstan
The toll
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
- Houses destroyed
- 187
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.
About 130 houses destroyed and Shurab mining complex damaged in the Isfaria area and at least 57 buildings damaged in
Vorukh; felt (IV) at Dushanbe; felt at Khujand,
Tajikistan. Felt (V) at Tashkent and felt at Karsi,
Uzbekistan. Felt at Osh, Kyrgyzstan. (reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- November 23, 838, Fergana, Uzbekistan
- July 10, 1949, Tajikistan
- April 12, 2002, Do Abi-Nahrin, Tajikistan, Afghanistan
- October 13, 1985, Kaptolyuk, Kayrakkum, Gafurov, Tajikistan
- July 19, 2011, Fargona, Violyati, Uzbekistan
- July 21, 2007, Rasht, Asht, Tajikistan
- April 26, 1966, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
- July 10, 2021, Rasht, Tojikobod, Tajikistan
- January 9, 2002, Roghun, Tajikistan
- April 13, 2025, Rasht, Tajikistan
- May 12, 2012, Tajikistan
- July 11, 1980, Shurab, Nefteabad, Tajikistan
- January 31, 1977, Tajikistan
- March 22, 2023, Sughd, Tajikistan
- May 3, 2017, Osh, Batken, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
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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 7452.