What the records say
- When
- 3 Jan 1911
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 8.0
- Where
- Kyrgyzstan
- Coordinates
- 42.92° N, 76.81° E
- Deaths
- 450
- Intensity mmi
- 10
- Depth km
- 20
1911 Kebin earthquake
Earthquake in Kazakhstan on 3 January 1911
The 1911 Kebin earthquake, or Chon-Kemin earthquake, struck Russian Turkestan on 3 January. Registering at a moment magnitude of 8.0, it killed 452 people, destroyed more than 770 buildings in Almaty, Kazakhstan, and resulted in 125 miles (201 km) of surface faulting in the valleys of Chon-Kemin, Chilik and Chon-Aksu.
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- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “1911 Kebin earthquake: An earthquake of 8.0 moment magnitude strikes near Almaty in Russian Turkestan, killing 450 or more people”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “землетрясение магнитудой 8 в городе Верный (ныне — Алма-Ата)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page