1992 Suusamyr earthquake

1992 Suusamyr earthquake

UTC  time	1992-08-19 02:04:38
ISC  event	278018
USGS-ANSS	ComCat
Local date	August 19, 1992 (1992-08-19)
Local time	08:04:38
Magnitude	7.5 Ms [1]
Depth	17.0 km (10.6 mi)
Epicenter	42°08′31″N73°34′30″E / 42.142°N 73.575°E / 42.142; 73.575
Areas affected	Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Uzbekistan Kazakhstan China
Max. intensity	MMI IX (Violent)
Casualties	75 killed

Shakemap in Kyrgyzstan

The 1992 Suusamyr earthquake occurred at 02:04 UTC on 19 August near Toluk in the border area of Kyrgyzstan. The shock had a surface-wave magnitude of 7.5 and a maximum felt intensity of IX (Violent) on the Mercalli intensity scale. It was a result of reverse faulting. ^[2] The death toll from the event amounted to about 75, including 14 people who were killed by landslides.

See also

• List of earthquakes in Kyrgyzstan
• List of earthquakes in 1992

References

1. Significant Earthquakes of the World in 1992 Archived 2009-09-12 at the Wayback Machine United States Geological Survey
2. "M7.3 – Kyrgyzstan". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 15 June 2015.

Further reading

• Gómez, J. M.; Bukchin, B.; Madariaga, R.; Rogozhin, E. A.; Bogachkin, B. (1997), "Rupture process of the 19 August 1992 Susamyr, Kyrgyzstan, earthquake", Journal of Seismology, 1 (3): 219–235, Bibcode:1997JSeis...1..219G, doi:10.1023/A:1009780226399
• Grützner, Christoph; Walker, Richard; Ainscoe, Eleanor; Elliott, Austin; Abdrakhmatov, Kanatbek (2019-06-21). "Earthquake Environmental Effects of the 1992 MS7.3 Suusamyr Earthquake, Kyrgyzstan, and Their Implications for Paleo-Earthquake Studies". Geosciences. 9 (6): 271. doi: 10.3390/geosciences9060271 . ISSN   2076-3263.

External links

• The International Seismological Centre has a bibliography and/or authoritative data for this event.