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Historic Earthquake
1978 Kyrgyzstan Earthquake
24 March 1978 · Alma-Ata · Kyrgyzstan
On 24 March 1978 at 21:05 UTC, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Kyrgyzstan (Alma-Ata), at a depth of 33 km. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate.
- Date
- 24 March 1978
- Time
- 21:05 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.1
- Depth
- 33 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VIII (Mercalli)
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- Kyrgyzstan
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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