July 21, 2007 Earthquake: Rasht, Asht, Tajikistan
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck Rasht, Asht, Tajikistan on July 21, 2007 at 22:44:13 UTC, 10 km below the surface. It killed 12 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
- July 21, 2007
- Time
- 22:44:13 UTC
- Place
- Rasht, Asht, Tajikistan
- Magnitude
- 5.2 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 10 km (6 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 38.936° N, 70.485° E
- Country
- Tajikistan
The toll
- Deaths
- 12
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.
Three people killed in the Rasht region and nine killed in a related landslide in the Asht region. Felt at Dushanbe. (reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- November 23, 838, Fergana, Uzbekistan
- July 10, 1949, Tajikistan
- February 18, 1911, Usoy, Barchidiv, Posor, Nisur, Tajikistan
- January 22, 1989, Sharora, Gissar, Tajikistan
- September 22, 1930, Dushanbe (Stalinabad), Tajikistan
- April 12, 2002, Do Abi-Nahrin, Tajikistan, Afghanistan
- October 13, 1985, Kaptolyuk, Kayrakkum, Gafurov, Tajikistan
- July 19, 2011, Fargona, Violyati, Uzbekistan
- July 10, 2021, Rasht, Tojikobod, Tajikistan
- January 9, 2002, Roghun, Tajikistan
- April 13, 2025, Rasht, Tajikistan
- May 12, 2012, Tajikistan
- July 1, 2016, Rasht, Tajikistan
- February 26, 1983, Garm, Khazora, Tajikistan
- February 3, 2002, Roghun, 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 7597.