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Historic Earthquake
1949 Khait Earthquake
10 July 1949 · Tajikistan
On 10 July 1949 at 03:53 UTC, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Tajikistan, at a depth of 16 km. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate. It killed at least 3,500 people. It is the 69th deadliest of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 10 July 1949
- Time
- 03:53 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.4
- Depth
- 16 km
- Maximum Intensity
- X (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 3,500
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- Tajikistan
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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