Earthquake details

Thursday, December 24, 1992 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Kyrgyzstan on Thursday, December 24, 1992 at 05:09 UTC with a magnitude of 5.4. The closest known location in the current dataset is Talas (Kyrgyzstan - KG), about 33.6 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 72.225 and latitude 42.221.

Magnitude	5.4
Alert	Strong
Depth	37.5 km
Coordinates	42.221, 72.225
UTC time	1992-12-24 05:09:47.460

Location	Talas
Country	Kyrgyzstan (KG)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1992-12-24

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Talas	33.6 km
Taraz	103.3 km
Kosonsoy	121.9 km
Uchqŭrghon Shahri	123.9 km
Uychi	129.4 km
Chortoq	132.5 km
Bazar-Korgon	138.7 km
Namangan	143.7 km
To‘rqao‘rg‘on	148.3 km
Kara-Balta	148.6 km
Jalal-Abad	157.2 km
Suzak	157.8 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.9 Taraz Kazakhstan · 2025-10-05 20:28 UTC	77.5 km
M 4.6 Talas Kyrgyzstan · 2025-08-29 11:32 UTC	61.8 km
M 4.2 Talas Kyrgyzstan · 2025-07-16 01:27 UTC	28.5 km
M 4.1 Kara-Balta Kyrgyzstan · 2025-07-08 09:29 UTC	100.5 km

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