November 23, 838 Earthquake: Fergana, Uzbekistan

Date

November 23, 838

Place

Fergana, Uzbekistan

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

40.400° N, 71.300° E

Country

Uzbekistan

Deaths

15,000

Damage

Extreme (about $25 million or more)

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.

• December 16, 1902, Andizhan, UzbekistanM6.4 · 4,880 deaths · 41,704 houses destroyed · 95 km
• July 10, 1949, TajikistanM7.4 · 3,500 deaths · 140 km
• April 12, 2002, Do Abi-Nahrin, Tajikistan, AfghanistanM5.9 · 50 deaths · 160 houses destroyed · 167 km
• October 13, 1985, Kaptolyuk, Kayrakkum, Gafurov, TajikistanM5.9 · 29 deaths · $200 million · 126 km
• July 19, 2011, Fargona, Violyati, UzbekistanM6.1 · 14 deaths · 37 km
• July 21, 2007, Rasht, Asht, TajikistanM5.2 · 12 deaths · 177 km
• July 10, 2021, Rasht, Tojikobod, TajikistanM5.8 · 5 deaths · 172 km
• May 15, 1992, Andizhan, Osh, Uzbekistan, KyrgyzstanM6.2 · 4 deaths · $31 million · 5,500 houses destroyed · 117 km
• April 13, 2025, Rasht, TajikistanM5.8 · 1 death · 67 houses destroyed · 163 km
• January 31, 1977, TajikistanM5.9 · 55 km
• 1620, Akhsy, UzbekistanM5.8 · Deaths: many · 56 km
• July 11, 1980, Shurab, Nefteabad, TajikistanM5.2 · 68 km
• September 5, 2002, KyrgyzstanM5.5 · 92 km
• May 3, 2017, Osh, Batken, Kyrgyzstan, TajikistanM6 · 537 houses destroyed · 101 km
• January 8, 2007, Isfaria, KyrgyzstanM6 · 187 houses destroyed · 107 km

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