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Historic Earthquake
1946 Turkmenistan Earthquake
4 November 1946 · Turkmenistan
On 4 November 1946 at 21:47 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Turkmenistan, at a depth of 26 km. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate. It killed at least 400 people.
- Date
- 4 November 1946
- Time
- 21:47 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 26 km
- Deaths
- 400
- 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