Seismic history
Major earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and geological events in Kazakhstan, 1900–2026, with sources and detailed information.
Total earthquakes
209
M5+
Strongest
M8.0
M7+ events
12
| Date | Magnitude | Location | Depth | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911-01-03 | 8.0 | The 1911 Kemin Earthquake, Kyrgyzstan | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1906-12-22 | 8.0 | 95 km WSW of Shihezi, China | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1946-11-02 | 7.5 | 34 km N of Kerben, Kyrgyzstan | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1949-02-23 | 7.4 | 110 km ENE of Kuqa, China | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1992-08-19 | 7.3 | 60 km ENE of Toktogul, Kyrgyzstan | 27 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2003-09-27 | 7.3 | 29 km S of Aktash, Russia | 16 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1944-03-09 | 7.3 | 52 km ESE of Xinyuan, China | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1978-03-24 | 7.1 | 23 km ENE of Tyup, Kyrgyzstan | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1938-06-20 | 7.0 | 22 km ESE of Kemin, Kyrgyzstan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2024-01-22 | 7.0 | 128 km WNW of Aykol, China | 13 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1976-05-17 | 7.0 | 27 km N of Gazli, Uzbekistan | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1984-03-19 | 7.0 | 22 km NNW of Gazli, Uzbekistan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1944-03-09 | 6.8 | 91 km E of Xinyuan, China | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2000-11-25 | 6.8 | 15 km SSE of Baku, Azerbaijan | 50 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1970-05-14 | 6.7 | 5 km ENE of Uchkent, Russia | 12 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2003-10-01 | 6.7 | 9 km S of Aktash, Russia | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1924-07-12 | 6.7 | 19 km SE of Uzgen, Kyrgyzstan | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1906-03-02 | 6.6 | 78 km ESE of Xinyuan, China | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1992-08-19 | 6.6 | 35 km NE of Toktogul, Kyrgyzstan | 19 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1990-06-14 | 6.6 | 47 km NNE of Zaysan, Kazakhstan | 58 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1922-09-29 | 6.5 | 116 km E of Baluntaicun, China | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1915-12-17 | 6.5 | 102 km SSE of Ak-Suu, Kyrgyzstan | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1965-11-13 | 6.5 | 14 km E of Ürümqi, China | 53 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1989-09-16 | 6.5 | 103 km E of Pirallah?, Azerbaijan | 55 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1986-03-06 | 6.5 | 105 km E of Pirallah?, Azerbaijan | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1949-05-25 | 6.4 | 52 km E of Kuqa, China | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1958-12-21 | 6.4 | 60 km N of Huocheng, China | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1937-12-18 | 6.4 | 54 km SE of Zhabagly, Kazakhstan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1927-09-23 | 6.4 | 129 km SE of Xinyuan, China | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1929-06-03 | 6.4 | 124 km SSW of Yanykurgan, Kazakhstan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1955-04-24 | 6.3 | northern Xinjiang, China | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1962-08-19 | 6.3 | 87 km NE of Huocheng, China | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1979-06-23 | 6.3 | 96 km SSE of Kurchatov, Kazakhstan | - | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1973-07-23 | 6.3 | 88 km SSE of Kurchatov, Kazakhstan | - | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1970-06-05 | 6.3 | 13 km E of Ak-Suu, Kyrgyzstan | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2017-08-08 | 6.3 | 102 km NNW of Xinyuan, China | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2012-06-29 | 6.3 | 117 km E of Xinyuan, China | 18 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1947-08-24 | 6.3 | 87 km N of Aral, China | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1934-08-07 | 6.2 | 53 km NE of Changji, China | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1980-09-14 | 6.2 | eastern Kazakhstan | - | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1976-04-08 | 6.2 | 29 km E of Gazli, Uzbekistan | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1972-01-15 | 6.2 | 38 km NNW of Tumxuk, China | 14 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1992-05-15 | 6.2 | 4 km WSW of Kochkor-Ata, Kyrgyzstan | 50 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1990-08-03 | 6.2 | 55 km N of Zaysan, Kazakhstan | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1987-04-03 | 6.2 | 94 km SSE of Kurchatov, Kazakhstan | - | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1984-07-14 | 6.2 | 100 km SSE of Kurchatov, Kazakhstan | - | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1981-12-27 | 6.2 | 97 km SSE of Kurchatov, Kazakhstan | - | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1938-02-14 | 6.2 | 90 km NE of Türkmenba?y, Turkmenistan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1932-10-02 | 6.1 | 115 km NNE of Nurota, Uzbekistan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1969-02-11 | 6.1 | 90 km WNW of Aksu, China | 16 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1977-01-31 | 6.1 | 3 km SE of Batken, Kyrgyzstan | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2011-07-19 | 6.1 | 16 km NNE of Aydarken, Kyrgyzstan | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1988-02-13 | 6.1 | 92 km SSE of Kurchatov, Kazakhstan | - | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1989-01-22 | 6.1 | 94 km SSE of Kurchatov, Kazakhstan | - | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1983-06-12 | 6.1 | 99 km SSE of Kurchatov, Kazakhstan | - | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1982-07-04 | 6.1 | 87 km SSE of Kurchatov, Kazakhstan | - | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2005-02-14 | 6.1 | 92 km NW of Aksu, China | 22 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2013-01-28 | 6.1 | 61 km SE of Kegen, Kazakhstan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1971-03-23 | 6.1 | 92 km WNW of Aksu, China | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1942-01-18 | 6.1 | 11 km ESE of Chust, Uzbekistan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1953-11-29 | 6.0 | 54 km SSE of Shihezi, China | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1941-08-14 | 6.0 | 95 km WNW of Shihezi, China | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1959-11-30 | 6.0 | 50 km NNW of Huocheng, China | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1907-09-15 | 6.0 | 95 km SE of Kadzhi-Say, Kyrgyzstan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1944-03-15 | 6.0 | 55 km ESE of Nookat, Kyrgyzstan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1978-12-18 | 6.0 | 59 km WSW of Shalkar, Kazakhstan | - | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1966-04-20 | 6.0 | 4 km NE of Kasumkent, Russia | 26 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1991-02-25 | 6.0 | 118 km WSW of Aykol, China | 21 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2003-12-01 | 6.0 | 106 km E of Kegen, Kazakhstan | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1985-06-30 | 6.0 | 100 km S of Kurchatov, Kazakhstan | - | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2016-12-08 | 6.0 | 58 km SSE of Shihezi, China | 18 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1946-11-10 | 6.0 | 91 km WSW of Aykol, China | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1954-12-03 | 6.0 | 90 km W of At-Bashi, Kyrgyzstan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1965-05-04 | 6.0 | 103 km NW of Aksu, China | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1915-12-31 | 6.0 | 79 km E of Xinyuan, China | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1948-06-29 | 5.9 | 25 km SW of Kumukh, Russia | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1967-08-20 | 5.9 | 40 km E of Sarkand, Kazakhstan | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1923-09-21 | 5.9 | 30 km SSE of Aktash, Russia | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1974-05-31 | 5.9 | 92 km SSE of Kurchatov, Kazakhstan | - | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1958-01-09 | 5.9 | 89 km WNW of Shihezi, China | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1979-03-29 | 5.9 | 50 km NE of Kuqa, China | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1939-02-23 | 5.9 | 124 km SW of Xinyuan, China | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1945-04-19 | 5.9 | 39 km SSE of Esik, Kazakhstan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1928-08-23 | 5.9 | 40 km NE of Toktogul, Kyrgyzstan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1934-10-29 | 5.9 | 5 km NNE of Qobustan, Azerbaijan | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1940-08-30 | 5.8 | 60 km NNW of Zharkent, Kazakhstan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1949-02-24 | 5.8 | 81 km ENE of Kuqa, China | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2025-12-04 | 5.8 | 136 km NNW of Tumxuk, China | 9 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2024-01-22 | 5.8 | 129 km SSE of Kyzyl-Suu, Kyrgyzstan | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1976-08-28 | 5.8 | 93 km SSE of Kurchatov, Kazakhstan | - | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1975-12-25 | 5.8 | 83 km SSE of Kurchatov, Kazakhstan | - | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1973-06-02 | 5.8 | northern Xinjiang, China | 26 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1997-01-09 | 5.8 | Kyrgyzstan | 22 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2008-10-11 | 5.8 | 10 km WNW of Engel’-Yurt, Russia | 16 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2006-12-25 | 5.8 | 33 km S of Balykchy, Kyrgyzstan | 12 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1987-07-17 | 5.8 | 110 km SSW of Kurchatov, Kazakhstan | - | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1984-02-19 | 5.8 | 96 km S of Kurchatov, Kazakhstan | - | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1926-01-18 | 5.8 | 31 km NNE of Tokmok, Kyrgyzstan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1962-08-03 | 5.8 | 1 km NW of Uzgen, Kyrgyzstan | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1908-01-31 | 5.8 | 43 km NNW of Talas, Kyrgyzstan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |