Seismic history
Major earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and geological events in Tajikistan, 1900โ2026, with sources and detailed information.
Total earthquakes
200
M5+
Strongest
M7.5
M7+ events
8
| Date | Magnitude | Location | Depth | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949-03-04 | 7.5 | 35 km SSW of Jurm, Afghanistan | 229 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2015-10-26 | 7.5 | Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan | 231 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1907-10-21 | 7.4 | 45 km SE of Panjakent, Tajikistan | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2002-03-03 | 7.4 | 51 km SW of Jurm, Afghanistan | 226 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1974-08-11 | 7.3 | 134 km E of Kyzyl-Eshme, Kyrgyzstan | 9 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1911-02-18 | 7.2 | 120 km W of Murghob, Tajikistan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1902-10-06 | 7.2 | Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan | 200 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1906-10-24 | 7.1 | 24 km SSW of Tirmiz, Uzbekistan | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1955-04-15 | 6.9 | 114 km WNW of Kashgar, China | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2023-02-23 | 6.9 | 65 km WSW of Murghob, Tajikistan | 9 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1908-10-23 | 6.9 | 127 km E of Khorugh, Tajikistan | 220 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1944-09-27 | 6.9 | 113 km SW of Kashgar, China | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1949-07-10 | 6.8 | 40 km WSW of Karakenja, Tajikistan | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1978-11-01 | 6.8 | 38 km SE of Kyzyl-Eshme, Kyrgyzstan | 40 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2008-10-05 | 6.7 | 131 km SE of Nookat, Kyrgyzstan | 27 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1924-07-12 | 6.7 | 19 km SE of Uzgen, Kyrgyzstan | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1918-12-01 | 6.6 | 107 km WNW of Murghob, Tajikistan | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1908-04-16 | 6.6 | 29 km SE of Jurm, Afghanistan | 190 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1907-12-25 | 6.6 | 43 km NE of Khorugh, Tajikistan | 105 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1998-05-30 | 6.6 | 24 km E of Rust?q, Afghanistan | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2004-04-05 | 6.6 | Afghanistan-Tajikistan-Pakistan region | 187 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2016-11-25 | 6.6 | 122 km N of Murghob, Tajikistan | 17 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1943-04-05 | 6.5 | 72 km E of Kyzyl-Eshme, Kyrgyzstan | 30 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2023-03-21 | 6.5 | 40 km SSE of Jurm, Afghanistan | 192 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1912-11-28 | 6.5 | 29 km E of Jurm, Afghanistan | 205 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1944-09-27 | 6.5 | 67 km NNE of Murghob, Tajikistan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1963-08-29 | 6.5 | 144 km SSE of Uzgen, Kyrgyzstan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1999-11-08 | 6.5 | 31 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan | 228 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1934-08-31 | 6.5 | 47 km WSW of Karakenja, Tajikistan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1923-12-28 | 6.5 | 29 km S of Istaravshan, Tajikistan | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1941-04-20 | 6.5 | 18 km NNE of Rasht, Tajikistan | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1922-12-17 | 6.4 | 64 km NNW of Khorugh, Tajikistan | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1955-03-06 | 6.3 | 104 km W of Murghob, Tajikistan | 125 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1990-02-05 | 6.3 | 42 km ENE of Jurm, Afghanistan | 110 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1935-10-08 | 6.3 | 38 km ENE of Rasht, Tajikistan | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1907-09-15 | 6.3 | 11 km NE of Karakenja, Tajikistan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1947-06-02 | 6.3 | 14 km ENE of Haqqulobod, Uzbekistan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1924-09-16 | 6.2 | 25 km E of Rasht, Tajikistan | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2025-11-02 | 6.2 | 30 km SE of Mazฤr-e Sharฤซf, Afghanistan | 28 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1972-11-12 | 6.2 | 73 km WNW of Murghob, Tajikistan | 114 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2009-10-22 | 6.2 | 39 km SSE of Jurm, Afghanistan | 186 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1983-09-12 | 6.2 | 45 km WSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan | 209 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2018-05-09 | 6.2 | 36 km NW of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan | 116 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1943-06-02 | 6.1 | 18 km SW of Daroot-Korgon, Kyrgyzstan | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1949-07-10 | 6.1 | 46 km WSW of Karakenja, Tajikistan | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1965-02-02 | 6.1 | 98 km SW of Murghob, Tajikistan | 21 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1974-08-11 | 6.1 | 117 km E of Kyzyl-Eshme, Kyrgyzstan | 9 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1977-01-31 | 6.1 | 3 km SE of Batken, Kyrgyzstan | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1976-07-28 | 6.1 | 53 km SE of Kyzyl-Eshme, Kyrgyzstan | 50 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2011-07-19 | 6.1 | 16 km NNE of Aydarken, Kyrgyzstan | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1994-05-01 | 6.1 | Central Afghanistan | 19 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1984-10-26 | 6.1 | 19 km WSW of Karakenja, Tajikistan | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2019-12-20 | 6.1 | 49 km SW of Jurm, Afghanistan | 212 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1951-04-14 | 6.1 | 17 km SSE of Karakenja, Tajikistan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1969-11-24 | 6.1 | 42 km SSE of Khorugh, Tajikistan | 115 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1932-10-29 | 6.1 | 18 km SE of Kyzyl-Eshme, Kyrgyzstan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1942-01-18 | 6.1 | 11 km ESE of Chust, Uzbekistan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1967-01-25 | 6.0 | 1 km SE of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan | 273 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1944-03-15 | 6.0 | 55 km ESE of Nookat, Kyrgyzstan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1934-07-22 | 6.0 | 6 km NNW of Fayzabad, Afghanistan | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2007-01-08 | 6.0 | 23 km WSW of Vorukh, Tajikistan | 16 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2017-05-03 | 6.0 | 29 km NNW of Karakenja, Tajikistan | 11 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1939-05-30 | 5.9 | 20 km E of Rasht, Tajikistan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1930-09-22 | 5.9 | 10 km WSW of Obigarm, Tajikistan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2024-10-16 | 5.9 | 44 km SSW of Jurm, Afghanistan | 205 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2021-02-12 | 5.9 | Tajikistan-Xinjiang border region | 98 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1954-01-23 | 5.9 | 43 km NNE of Khand?d, Afghanistan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1978-04-21 | 5.9 | 24 km WSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan | 227 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1998-02-04 | 5.9 | 23 km ESE of Rust?q, Afghanistan | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2008-10-05 | 5.9 | 121 km ESE of Kyzyl-Eshme, Kyrgyzstan | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2015-08-10 | 5.9 | 33 km WSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan | 224 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1941-04-26 | 5.9 | 32 km E of Rasht, Tajikistan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1940-07-17 | 5.8 | 12 km NE of Fayzabad, Afghanistan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1964-07-06 | 5.8 | 42 km ENE of Jurm, Afghanistan | 96 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2026-04-03 | 5.8 | 35 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan | 188 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2025-04-13 | 5.8 | 42 km ESE of Rasht, Tajikistan | 8 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2023-03-22 | 5.8 | 46 km NNW of Novobod, Tajikistan | 12 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1992-05-10 | 5.8 | 60 km ENE of Khand?d, Afghanistan | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2006-07-06 | 5.8 | 29 km ESE of Karakenja, Tajikistan | 7 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2004-11-17 | 5.8 | 29 km E of Karakenja, Tajikistan | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1985-10-13 | 5.8 | 7 km ESE of Palos, Tajikistan | 16 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1949-07-08 | 5.8 | 49 km ENE of Rasht, Tajikistan | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1935-07-29 | 5.8 | 82 km E of Kyzyl-Eshme, Kyrgyzstan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1962-08-03 | 5.8 | 1 km NW of Uzgen, Kyrgyzstan | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1957-08-30 | 5.8 | 55 km ESE of Kyzyl-Eshme, Kyrgyzstan | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1958-01-07 | 5.8 | 21 km SSW of Rasht, Tajikistan | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1937-11-13 | 5.8 | 15 km N of Sovet, Tajikistan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1927-10-29 | 5.7 | 112 km WSW of Kashgar, China | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1955-07-19 | 5.7 | 34 km SSE of Jizzax, Uzbekistan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2016-01-12 | 5.7 | 31 km SSE of Jurm, Afghanistan | 239 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1999-06-29 | 5.7 | 17 km WSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan | 189 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1990-05-17 | 5.7 | 45 km NE of Murghob, Tajikistan | 114 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1987-04-30 | 5.7 | 125 km WNW of Kashgar, China | 8 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1983-12-16 | 5.7 | 62 km ESE of Kyzyl-Eshme, Kyrgyzstan | 37 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2018-03-29 | 5.7 | 11 km SE of Roghun, Tajikistan | 5 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2005-02-25 | 5.7 | 110 km W of Murghob, Tajikistan | 115 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2012-05-12 | 5.7 | 44 km SE of Darband, Tajikistan | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2013-05-26 | 5.7 | 22 km N of Bulungโur Shahri, Uzbekistan | 18 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1926-08-26 | 5.7 | 102 km SE of Nookat, Kyrgyzstan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1952-08-13 | 5.7 | 19 km ESE of Yang? Qalโah, Afghanistan | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |