Kebin Earthquake

Date: January 3, 1911 • Location: Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan

An earthquake registering 7.7 Mw destroyed Almaty in Russian Turkestan.

The 1911 Kebin earthquake, or Chon-Kemin earthquake, struck Russian Turkestan on 3 January. Registering at a moment magnitude of 8.0, it killed 452 people, destroyed more than 770 buildings in Almaty, Kazakhstan, and resulted in 125 miles (201 km) of surface faulting in the valleys of Chon-Kemin, Chilik and Chon-Aksu.