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Historic Earthquake
2000 Turkmenistan Earthquake
6 December 2000 · Nebitdag-Turkmenbashi · Turkmenistan
On 6 December 2000 at 17:11 UTC, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Turkmenistan (Nebitdag-Turkmenbashi), at a depth of 30 km. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate. It killed at least 11 people.
- Date
- 6 December 2000
- Time
- 17:11 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Depth
- 30 km
- Deaths
- 11
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- Turkmenistan
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 19701970 Maraveh Tappeh Earthquake · M 6.7220 deaths
- 1946Turkmenistan · M 7.5400 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth