May 3, 2017 Earthquake: Osh, Batken, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
A magnitude 6 earthquake struck Osh, Batken, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan on May 3, 2017 at 04:47:13 UTC, 11 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
- May 3, 2017
- Time
- 04:47:13 UTC
- Place
- Osh, Batken, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
- Magnitude
- 6 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 11 km (7 mi)
- Intensity
- 5 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 39.494° N, 71.444° E
- Country
- Tajikistan
The toll
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
- Houses destroyed
- 537
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 537 homes destroyed; 462 homes, 3 hospitals, 1 school and 1 mosque damaged; 100 livestock killed by rockfalls in Chong-Alay and Kadamjay, Kyrgyzstan. Note: damages include earthquake event from 05 May 2017, magnitude 5.8. Andijon, Andijon, Uzbekistan - CDI: 5; Ortaovul, Taschkent, Uzbekistan - CDI: 4; Dushanbe, Dushanbe, Tajikistan - CDI: 3; Biskek, Biskek, Kyrgyzstan - CDI: 3; Tashkent, Taschkent, Uzbekistan - CDI: 3 (reference #13456)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- November 23, 838, Fergana, Uzbekistan
- December 16, 1902, Andizhan, Uzbekistan
- July 10, 1949, Tajikistan
- February 18, 1911, Usoy, Barchidiv, Posor, Nisur, 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
- May 15, 1992, Andizhan, Osh, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan
- January 9, 2002, Roghun, Tajikistan
- December 7, 2015, Tajikistan
- April 13, 2025, Rasht, Tajikistan
- May 12, 2012, Tajikistan
- October 26, 1984, Dzhirgatal, Garm, 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 10437.