What the records say
- When
- 5 Oct 2008
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.6
- Where
- Kyrgyzstan
- Coordinates
- 39.53° N, 73.82° E
- Deaths
- 74
- Injuries
- 140
- Depth km
- 27
2008 Kyrgyzstan earthquake
The 2008 Kyrgyzstan earthquake struck on October 5 at 21:52 local time with a moment magnitude of 6.6, killing 75 people, including 41 children, and injuring 150 people, including 93 children. The center of the earthquake was near the town of Nura, which was destroyed in the quake. The shock destroyed dozens of buildings in the area and destroyed the nearby village of Kura.
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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 “An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 hits near the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, killing 60 people”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Kirguistán, un terremoto de 6,6 deja 75 muertos y 150 heridos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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