December 27, 2011 Earthquake: Kyzyl, Russia

Name: December 27, 2011 Earthquake: Kyzyl, Russia
Start: 2011-12-27
Location: Kyzyl, Russia

December 27, 2011 · M6.7

A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Kyzyl, Russia on December 27, 2011 at 15:21:56 UTC, 15 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: December 27, 2011
Time: 15:21:56 UTC
Place: Kyzyl, Russia
Magnitude: 6.7 (Mw)
Focal depth: 15 km (9 mi)
Tsunami: None recorded
Epicenter: 51.842° N, 95.911° E
Country: Russia

The toll

Damage: Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
Houses damaged: Many (101 to 1,000)

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.

Many buildings damaged and

more than 1,600 people evacuated in the Kyzyl-Saryg-

Sep area. Felt (VI) at Kyzyl; (IV) at Abakan,

Krasnoyarsk, Minusinsk and Novokuznetsk; (III) at

Devyatka, Irkutsk, Sayanogorsk and Tomsk; (II) at

Barnaul, Kemerovo and Novosibirsk. Felt (III) at

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. (reference #1053)

An earthquake has damaged dozens of buildings in a city in southwestern Siberia, but no injuries or deaths have been reported. The epicentre of the 6.7 magnitude quake was about 60 miles east of Kyzyl, capital of the Russian republic of Tuva, which borders Mongolia. The municipal services in Kyzyl said today that 31 multi-story apartment buildings, a school and a plant that provides hot water and heat suffered cracks and other damage. The plant was still operating. The Emergencies Ministry said 3,500 people were provided temporary shelter. (reference #9665)

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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 9856.