1948 Ashgabat earthquake

The 1948 Ashgabat earthquake was on 6 October with a surface-wave magnitude of 7.3 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), in Turkmenistan near Ashgabat. Due to censorship by the Soviet government, the event was not widely reported in the Soviet media.

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Which happened first?

• 1948 Ashgabat earthquake happened 9 years after Erzincan earthquake of 1939
• 1948 Ashgabat earthquake happened 10 years before 1958 Lituya Bay earthquake and megatsunami
• 1948 Ashgabat earthquake happened 12 years before 1960 Valdivia earthquake
• 1948 Ashgabat earthquake happened 12 years before 1960 Agadir earthquake
• 1948 Ashgabat earthquake happened 14 years after 1934 Bihar earthquake

Timeline

1. 1934 Bihar earthquakeJanuary 15, 1934
2. Erzincan earthquake of 1939December 26, 1939
3. 1948 Ashgabat earthquake (this page)October 6, 1948
4. 1958 Lituya Bay earthquake and megatsunamiJuly 10, 1958
5. 1960 Agadir earthquakeFebruary 29, 1960
6. 1960 Valdivia earthquakeMay 21, 1960

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