This list includes seismic events with epicenters that located within the Kazakhstan territory.
Date | Location | Mag. | MMI | Deaths | Injuries | Comments | Source |
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06.08.1887 | Almaty Region, Kazakhstan | 7.3–7.8 | X | 330 | [1] | ||
07.11.1889 | Almaty Region, Kazakhstan | 7.9–8.0 | X | 92+ | [2] | ||
01.04.1911 | Chüy Region, Kyrgyzstan | 8.0–8.1 | X | 452 | 740 | The most strongest earthquake ever in Kazakhstan | [3] |
11.03.1946 | Jalal-Abad Region, Kyrgyzstan | 7.5–7.6 | X | [4] | |||
06.05.1970 | Almaty Region, Kazakhstan | 6.6 | [5] | ||||
05.10.1971 | Jambyl Region, Kazakhstan | 5.5 | [6] | ||||
06.24.1978 | Almaty Region, Kazakhstan | 6.2–7.1 | VIII | [7] | |||
06.14.1990 | East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan | 6.8 | V | 1 | [8] | ||
08.03.1990 | East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan | 6.1 | VII | 1 | [9] | ||
09.27.1990 | East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan | 4.5 | VI | [10] | |||
08.19.1992 | Jalal-Abad Region, Kyrgyzstan | 7.5 | IX | 75 | [11] | ||
12.01.2003 | Xinjiang, China | 6.0 | VII | 10 | 73 | [12] | |
06.13.2009 | Almaty Region, Kazakhstan | 5.4 | 1 | [13] | |||
01.23.2024 | Xinjiang, China | 7.0 | IX | 3 | 74 | [14] | |
02.04.2024 | Issyk-Kul Region, Kazakhstan | 5.3 | VI | 1 | [15] |
Earthquakes are caused by movements within the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle. They range from events too weak to be detectable except by sensitive instrumentation, to sudden and violent events lasting many minutes which have caused some of the greatest disasters in human history. Below, earthquakes are listed by period, region or country, year, magnitude, cost, fatalities and number of scientific studies.
This list of 20th-century earthquakes is a list of earthquakes of magnitude 6 and above that occurred in the 20th century. Sone smaller events which nevertheless had a significant impact are also included. After 1900 most earthquakes have some degree of instrumental records and this means that the locations and magnitudes are more reliable than for earlier events.
The 1892 Laguna Salada earthquake occurred at 23:20 Pacific Standard Time on February 23. It had an estimated moment magnitude of 7.1–7.2 and a maximum perceived intensity of VIII (Severe). The shock was centered near the Mexico–United States border and takes its name from a large dry lake bed in Baja California, Mexico. There were no reported casualties, but the event affected the then largely-uninhabited areas of northern Mexico and Southern California.