May 12, 2012 Earthquake: Tajikistan
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Tajikistan on May 12, 2012 at 23:48:43 UTC, 10 km below the surface. It killed 1 person.
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
- May 12, 2012
- Time
- 23:48:43 UTC
- Place
- Tajikistan
- Magnitude
- 5.7 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 10 km (6 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 38.612° N, 70.354° E
- Country
- Tajikistan
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
- Houses destroyed
- 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.
At least one person killed, many buildings destroyed and some livestock killed in the epicentral area. Felt (III) at Dushanbe. Also felt (III) at Tashkent, Uzbekistan. (reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- May 30, 1998, Badakhshan, Takhar, Afghanistan
- July 10, 1949, Tajikistan
- February 4, 1998, Dushanbe, Rostaq, Tajikistan, Afghanistan
- 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 21, 2007, Rasht, Asht, Tajikistan
- July 10, 2021, Rasht, Tojikobod, Tajikistan
- January 9, 2002, Roghun, Tajikistan
- April 13, 2025, Rasht, Tajikistan
- July 1, 2016, Rasht, Tajikistan
- February 26, 1983, Garm, Khazora, 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 9931.