Strong earthquake in Eastern Uzbekistan damages buildings

Last update: May 25, 2013 at 3:38 pm by By Armand Vervaeck & James Daniell & Jens Skapski & Carlos Robles

– Many buildings in Toy-Tepa were damaged by this quake. Witnesses report cracks in many houses there, some of the houses were completely destroyed, as local newspapers are reporting. So far there are no information about injuries.

– From user input, there has been 2 reports of major cracks in houses, and 1 that the power is out. Internet however not.

– Good news – the earthquake has been felt IV-V in Tashkent. This means that there will be likely less damage than first thought.

– According to Uzbekistan Seismology, the earthquake occurred 32km south of Tashkent, and 7 km from Toy-Tepa.

Expected shaking based on the M5.6 Magnitude of USGS. The final Magnitude was set by the Uzbek seismologists to M5.2, seriously weaker and having a lesser impact than this image shows

– A strong earthquake occurred in Eastern Uzbekistan. It is expected that there will be damage.
It has been given a M5.2 locally, at a depth of 12km.
This earthquake is a bit to the south of Tashkent according to the hypocenters.

Expected shaking values of the most important locations near the epicenter

It has hit right by Tashkent. We should remind viewers of the 1966 earthquake which destroyed much of Tashkent and had the same magnitude but was 3-8km in depth and right under Tashkent – 10 were killed, 1000 injured, 100000 homeless where 28000 buildings collapsed. It is important to note that the USSR figures of this event have never been properly corrected.

Most important Earthquake Data:

Magnitude : 5.3

Local Time (conversion only below land) : 2013-05-25 03:18:35

GMT/UTC Time : 2013-05-24 22:18:35

Depth (Hypocenter)  : 10 km

from:    http://earthquake-report.com/2013/05/24/strong-earthquake-eastern-uzbekistan-on-may-24-2013/