July 10, 2021 Earthquake: Rasht, Tojikobod, Tajikistan
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Rasht, Tojikobod, Tajikistan on July 10, 2021 at 02:14:43 UTC, 16 km below the surface. It killed 5 people.
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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
- July 10, 2021
- Time
- 02:14:43 UTC
- Place
- Rasht, Tojikobod, Tajikistan
- Magnitude
- 5.8 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 16 km (10 mi)
- Intensity
- 8 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 38.959° N, 70.572° E
- Country
- Tajikistan
The toll
- Deaths
- 5
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
- Houses destroyed
- 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.
At least five people have died after an earthquake struck eastern Tajikistan, according to authorities in the mountainous country. The magnitude 5.9 quake hit 27km (17 miles) east of Rasht district on Saturday morning. Tremors were also felt in the capital, Dushanbe, some 165km (100 miles) southwest of the epicentre. “Dozens of houses were destroyed,” the Tajik committee for emergency situations said. “Power lines were also partly damaged” in three villages in the district of Tajikabad, where all the victims lived. The earthquake struck at 7:14am (02:14 GMT) and at a depth of 10km (6 miles), according to the committee and state news agency Khovar. (reference #12984)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- November 23, 838, Fergana, Uzbekistan
- July 10, 1949, Tajikistan
- 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
- January 9, 2002, Roghun, Tajikistan
- April 13, 2025, Rasht, Tajikistan
- May 12, 2012, Tajikistan
- July 1, 2016, Rasht, Tajikistan
- February 26, 1983, Garm, Khazora, Tajikistan
- February 3, 2002, Roghun, 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 10557.