1989 Gissar earthquake

Earthquake in Tajikistan 1989 Gissar earthquake Tajikistan 1989-01-22 23:02:07 416139 usp0003r4d 1989 01 23 05:02:07 5.3 b y 33 km on 38.47 68.69 region:TJ_type:event inline,title Tajikistan $24 million VII 274 deadMany injured The 1989 Gissar earthquake occurred at 23:02 UTC on 22 January near Gissar in Tajikistan. The shock had a body wave magnitude of 5.3 and a maximum felt intensity of VII (Very strong) on the Mercalli intensity scale. The National Geophysical Data Center reported that the death toll from the event amounted to about 274, and the National Earthquake Information Center stated there were many injured. Nearly all the casualties were caused by mudslides which buried Sharora and two nearby villages. The earthquake was the deadliest in 1989. See also List of earthquakes in Tajikistan References Significant Earthquake Database https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/form?t=101650&s=1&d=1 https://web.archive.org/web/20060929000601/http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/form?t=101650&s=1&d=1 dead September 29, 2006 National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS) 1972 National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA 10.7289/V5TD9V7K PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog https://earthquake.usgs.gov/static/lfs/data/pager/catalogs/ September 4, 2009 United States Geological Survey Version 2008_06.1 External links 416139 Gissar Earthquake, 1989 Category:Earthquakes in Tajikistan Category:Earthquakes in the Soviet Union Category:1989 in the Soviet Union