1966 Tashkent earthquake

1966 Tashkent earthquake
UTC time	1966-04-25 23:22:49
ISC event	848721
USGS-ANSS	ComCat
Local date	26 April 1966
Local time	05:22:49
Magnitude	5.2 Mw
Epicenter	41°10′N 69°08′E / 41.16°N 69.13°E
Areas affected	Soviet Union ; Uzbek SSR
Max. intensity	MSK-64 VII (Very strong)
Casualties	15–200 killed

The 1966 Tashkent earthquake (Uzbek: Toshkent zilzilasi; Russian: Ташкентское землетрясение) occurred on 26 April in the Uzbek SSR. It had a moment magnitude of 5.2 with an epicenter in central Tashkent at a depth of 3–8 kilometers (1.9–5.0 mi). The earthquake caused massive destruction to Tashkent, destroying most of the buildings in the city, killing between 15 and 200 people and leaving between 200,000 and 300,000 homeless. Following the disaster, most of the historic parts of Tashkent had been destroyed and the city was rebuilt, based on Soviet architectural styles.^[3]^[4] Soviet authorities created an institute of seismology in order to forecast future earthquakes.

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[3] Cowan, Janice (2006). A Spy's Wife: The Moscow Memoirs of a Canadian who Witnessed the End of the Cold War. James Lorimer & Company. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-55028-931-2.

[4] Schwartz, Stephen (2008). The Other Islam: Sufism and the Road to Global Harmony. Crown Publishing Group. p. 222. ISBN 978-0-385-52665-4.

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