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Historic Earthquake
1929 Koppeh Dagh Earthquake
1 May 1929 · Kopet-Dagh · Turkmenistan
On 1 May 1929 at 15:37 UTC, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Turkmenistan (Kopet-Dagh), at a depth of 10 km. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate. It killed at least 3,800 people and injured 1,121. It is the 67th deadliest of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 1 May 1929
- Time
- 15:37 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.2
- Depth
- 10 km
- Maximum Intensity
- IX (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 3,800
- Injuries
- 1,121
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- Turkmenistan
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
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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