March 29, 2018 Earthquake: Khatlon, Tajikistan
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Khatlon, Tajikistan on March 29, 2018 at 22:51:20 UTC, 10 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
- March 29, 2018
- Time
- 22:51:20 UTC
- Place
- Khatlon, Tajikistan
- Magnitude
- 5.7 (mb)
- Focal depth
- 10 km (6 mi)
- Intensity
- 5 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 5.899° S, 151.854° E
- Country
- Tajikistan
The toll
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
- Houses damaged
- Some (about 51 to 100)
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.
Dozens of houses damaged at Sarikhosor. Rogun, Karotegin, Tajikistan - CDI: 5; Obigarm, Karotegin, Tajikistan - CDI: 3; Tashkent, Taschkent, Uzbekistan - CDI: 3; Talimarjon, Ķasķadarya, Uzbekistan - CDI: 2 (reference #13456)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- May 28, 1937, Keravia, Rabaul, Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
- December 22, 1983, Ulawun, Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
- January 13, 1941, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea
- May 10, 1985, Bialla, Piona, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
- February 4, 1878, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea
- November 17, 2000, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
- May 5, 2015, Papua New Guinea
- August 17, 1972, W. Solomon Sea
- November 17, 1964, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
- December 30, 1990, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
- December 12, 1933, Papua New Guinea
- July 18, 2010, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
- October 10, 1955, Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea
- January 1, 1916, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea
- March 29, 2015, Papua New Guinea
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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 10959.