Earthquake — Uzbekistan: Tashkent

Quando

26 de abr. de 1966

Tipo

Terremoto

Onde

Uzbekistan

Coordenadas

41.20° N, 69.10° E

Deaths

10

Damage musd

300

Very strong earthquake in Uzbek SSR

The 1966 Tashkent earthquake occurred on 26 April in the Uzbek SSR. It had a moment magnitude of 5.2 with an epicenter in central Tashkent at a depth of 3–8 kilometers (1.9–5.0 mi). The earthquake caused massive destruction to Tashkent, destroying most of the buildings in the city, killing between 15 and 200 people and leaving between 200,000 and 300,000 homeless.

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