February 12, 2021 Earthquake: Haripur, Tajikistan, Pakistan
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck Haripur, Tajikistan, Pakistan on February 12, 2021 at 17:01:34 UTC, 91 km below the surface. It killed 1 person.
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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
- February 12, 2021
- Time
- 17:01:34 UTC
- Place
- Haripur, Tajikistan, Pakistan
- Magnitude
- 5.9 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 91 km (57 mi)
- Intensity
- 8 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 38.132° N, 73.569° E
- Country
- Tajikistan
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- Few (about 1 to 50)
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.
A woman died in Haripur's Khanpur village after a powerful earthquake measuring a magnitude of 6.4 on the Richter scale jolted several cities of Pakistan late Friday night.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- February 18, 1911, Usoy, Barchidiv, Posor, Nisur, Tajikistan
- October 5, 2008, Nura, Kyrgyzstan
- May 10, 2017, Quzgun, Taxkorgan Tajik, Xinjiang, China
- December 7, 2015, Tajikistan
- January 19, 2026, Barishal, Pakistan
- November 25, 2016, Kashgar, Xinjiang Province, China
- August 29, 1963, Xinjiang, China
- April 5, 1943, Xinjiang Weiwuer Zizhiqu Province, China
- March 25, 1990, Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan
- November 1, 1978, Dushanbe, Andizhan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
- November 11, 1936, S, Xinjiang Weiwuer Zizhiqu Province, China
- September 27, 1944, Xinjiang, China
- November 15, 1959, Xingjiang, China
- January 2, 2010, Tajikistan
- April 17, 1990, Wuqia County, S Xinjiang, China
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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 10528.