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Historic Earthquake
1948 Ashgabat Earthquake
5 October 1948 · Ashkhabad · Turkmenistan
On 5 October 1948 at 20:12 UTC, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Turkmenistan (Ashkhabad), at a depth of 18 km. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate. It killed at least 110,000 people. It is the 5th deadliest of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 5 October 1948
- Time
- 20:12 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.2
- Depth
- 18 km
- Maximum Intensity
- X (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 110,000
- Estimated Damage
- 25 million US dollars
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- Turkmenistan
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
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- 19701970 Maraveh Tappeh Earthquake · M 6.7220 deaths
- 1969Ne Khurasan Province · M 5.550 deaths
- 1946Turkmenistan · M 7.5400 deaths
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- 19291929 Koppeh Dagh Earthquake · M 7.23,800 deaths
- 1928Shirvan · M 5.630 deaths
- 1923Qaleh Jaq Kmen, Bodzhnurd · M 6.4157 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth