Earthquake details

Wednesday, March 20, 1968 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Kyrgyzstan on Wednesday, March 20, 1968 at 07:54 UTC with a magnitude of 5.6. The closest known location in the current dataset is Naryn (Kyrgyzstan - KG), about 78.6 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 75.190 and latitude 41.060.

Magnitude	5.6
Alert	Strong
Depth	15.2 km
Coordinates	41.060, 75.190
UTC time	1968-03-20 07:54:37.600

Location	Naryn
Country	Kyrgyzstan (KG)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1968-03-20

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Naryn	78.6 km
Uzgen	162.2 km
Atush	171.7 km
Balykchy	176.5 km
Jalal-Abad	184.5 km
Xonobod	188.5 km
Kashgar	189.8 km
Suzak	192.9 km
Qorasuv	197.4 km
Tokmok	198.6 km
Bazar-Korgon	205.2 km
Bishkek	207.5 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 5.0

Tokmok

Kyrgyzstan · 2026-08-12 07:14 UTC

109.5 km

M 4.1

Naryn

Kyrgyzstan · 2026-07-19 20:41 UTC

84.3 km

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