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Historic Earthquake
1907 Uzbekistan Earthquake
21 October 1907 · Karatag · Uzbekistan
On 21 October 1907 at 04:23 UTC, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Uzbekistan (Karatag), at a depth of 35 km. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate. It killed at least 12,000 people. It is the 30th deadliest of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 21 October 1907
- Time
- 04:23 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.4
- Depth
- 35 km
- Maximum Intensity
- IX (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 12,000
- 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