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Earthquakes in Kazakhstan
Every earthquake in and around Kazakhstan since 1900: how often it shakes, the strongest on record and the latest quakes. Offshore quakes within 300 km of its towns count too.
Past 30 days0M2.5+
Past year9M2.5+
Magnitude 6+5since 1900
StrongestM 8.01911 · The 1911 Kemin Earthquake, Kyrgyzstan
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Before the 1970s fewer stations were recording, so early years undercount the smaller quakes.
The strongest earthquakes in Kazakhstan
- 8.0 The 1911 Kemin Earthquake, Kyrgyzstan Jan 3, 1911
- 6.6 47 km NNE of Zaysan, Kazakhstan Jun 14, 1990
- 6.4 54 km SE of Zhabagly, Kazakhstan Dec 18, 1937
- 6.4 124 km SSW of Yanykurgan, Kazakhstan Jun 3, 1929
- 6.2 55 km N of Zaysan, Kazakhstan Aug 3, 1990
- 5.9 40 km E of Sarkand, Kazakhstan Aug 20, 1967
- 5.9 65 km ENE of Bakanas, Kazakhstan Sep 25, 1979
- 5.9 39 km SSE of Esik, Kazakhstan Apr 19, 1945
- 5.8 60 km NNW of Zharkent, Kazakhstan Aug 30, 1940
- 5.8 45 km WNW of Kegen, Kazakhstan Jan 5, 1928
Last 24 months
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The latest
- 3.3 4 km W of Almaty, Kazakhstan Sep 28, 2026
- 4.5 41 km S of Karaton, Kazakhstan Sep 17, 2026
- 3.9 33 km ESE of Zhabagly, Kazakhstan Jul 9, 2026
- 4.4 52 km NNE of Sarykemer, Kazakhstan Jul 3, 2026
- 4.5 14 km SSE of Ekibastuz, Kazakhstan May 26, 2026
- 4.4 31 km NNW of Zharkent, Kazakhstan Mar 31, 2026
- 4.7 41 km NNW of Zharkent, Kazakhstan Mar 31, 2026
- 4.6 28 km NE of Turgen, Kazakhstan Feb 17, 2026
- 4.7 69 km S of Sarkand, Kazakhstan Feb 5, 2026
- 4.9 46 km NNE of Kanysh-Kyya, Kyrgyzstan Oct 5, 2025
- 4.5 45 km ESE of Kurchum, Kazakhstan Aug 28, 2025
- 5.2 52 km WSW of Asubulak, Kazakhstan Jul 23, 2025
- 4.1 9 km NNE of Lugovoy, Kazakhstan Jul 8, 2025
- 4.3 17 km N of Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan May 23, 2025
- 4.2 37 km SSW of Karaton, Kazakhstan May 11, 2025