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M8.0 earthquake near Almaty, Almaty

Name: M8.0 earthquake near Almaty, Almaty
Start: 1911-01-03T23:25:49.3+00:00
Location: The 1911 Kemin Earthquake, Kyrgyzstan

42290 d ago · 3 Jan 1911, 23:25 UTC The 1911 Kemin Earthquake, Kyrgyzstan

What happened

A magnitude 8 earthquake struck The 1911 Kemin Earthquake, Kyrgyzstan on 3 Jan 1911, 23:25 UTC at a depth of 20 km.

Earthquakes of this size are classed as Great. Can cause severe damage across hundreds of kilometres and may trigger tsunamis. This was a shallow earthquake, which tends to be felt more strongly at the surface.

The nearest town in our records is Almaty, about 38 km away in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Timeline

First reported by USGS
16 Oct 2026, 20:46 UTC

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