The 1992 Suusamyr earthquake occurred at 02:04 UTC on 19 August near Toluk in the border area of Kyrgyzstan. The shock had a surface-wave magnitude of 7.5 and a maximum felt intensity of IX (Violent) on the Mercalli intensity scale. It was a result of reverse faulting.[2] The death toll from the event amounted to about 75, including 14 people who were killed by landslides.
See also
References
- ^ Significant Earthquakes of the World in 1992 Archived 2009-09-12 at the Wayback Machine United States Geological Survey
- ^ "M7.3 – Kyrgyzstan". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
Further reading
- Gómez, J. M.; Bukchin, B.; Madariaga, R.; Rogozhin, E. A.; Bogachkin, B. (1997), "Rupture process of the 19 August 1992 Susamyr, Kyrgyzstan, earthquake", Journal of Seismology, 1 (3): 219–235, Bibcode:1997JSeis...1..219G, doi:10.1023/A:1009780226399
- Grützner, Christoph; Walker, Richard; Ainscoe, Eleanor; Elliott, Austin; Abdrakhmatov, Kanatbek (2019-06-21). "Earthquake Environmental Effects of the 1992 MS7.3 Suusamyr Earthquake, Kyrgyzstan, and Their Implications for Paleo-Earthquake Studies". Geosciences. 9 (6): 271. doi:10.3390/geosciences9060271. ISSN 2076-3263.
External links
- The International Seismological Centre has a bibliography and/or authoritative data for this event.
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