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Historic Earthquake
1902 Andijan Earthquake
16 December 1902 · Andizhan · Uzbekistan
On 16 December 1902 at 05:07 UTC, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Uzbekistan (Andizhan), at a depth of 9 km. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate. It killed at least 4,880 people. 41,704 homes were destroyed. It is the 58th deadliest of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 16 December 1902
- Time
- 05:07 UTC
- Magnitude
- 6.4
- Depth
- 9 km
- Maximum Intensity
- IX (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 4,880
- Homes Destroyed
- 41,704
- Homes Damaged
- 41,704
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- Uzbekistan
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Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth