Earthquake details

Saturday, August 20, 2011 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Kazakhstan on Saturday, August 20, 2011 at 05:31 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Taraz (Kazakhstan - KZ), about 62.5 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 71.319 and latitude 42.340.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	30.5 km
Coordinates	42.340, 71.319
UTC time	2011-08-20 05:31:23.370

Location	Taraz
Country	Kazakhstan (KZ)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2011-08-20

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Taraz	62.5 km
Talas	78.6 km
Karatau	116.9 km
Kosonsoy	122.9 km
Shymkent	141.6 km
Chortoq	147.5 km
Uychi	148.9 km
Chust	149.0 km
To‘rqao‘rg‘on	150.0 km
Uchqŭrghon Shahri	150.4 km
Namangan	152.2 km
Chirchiq	173.5 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.9

Taraz

Kazakhstan · 2025-10-05 20:28 UTC

20.4 km

M 4.2

Talas

Kyrgyzstan · 2025-07-16 01:27 UTC

85.1 km

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