Earthquake details

Thursday, April 21, 1977 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Tajikistan on Thursday, April 21, 1977 at 10:03 UTC with a magnitude of 5.1. The closest known location in the current dataset is Isfara (Tajikistan - TJ), about 18.7 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 70.837 and latitude 40.083.

Magnitude	5.1
Alert	Strong
Depth	47.0 km
Coordinates	40.083, 70.837
UTC time	1977-04-21 10:03:55.800

Location	Isfara
Country	Tajikistan (TJ)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1977-04-21

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Isfara	18.7 km
Konibodom	41.8 km
Kokand	50.4 km
Margilan	87.0 km
Fergana	87.2 km
Qayroqqum	90.9 km
Chkalovsk	98.6 km
Quvasoy	100.1 km
Khujand	105.7 km
Chust	107.9 km
Kzyl-Kiya	111.5 km
Razzakov	115.0 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.3 Kokand Uzbekistan · 2025-12-05 21:04 UTC	90.7 km
M 4.2 Isfara Tajikistan · 2025-06-23 18:07 UTC	68.7 km

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