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Natural Disasters in Turkmenistan

22 significant events

Significant natural disasters recorded within Turkmenistan, sorted by magnitude and impact. Location is determined from coordinates against modern national borders; each event has its own page with date, source and nearby events.

  1. 1.1895 CEEarthquake — Turkmenistan, Uzun-Ada (Ms 8.2)
  2. 2.1946 CEEarthquake — Turkmenistan (M 7.5)· 400 deaths
  3. 3.1948 CEEarthquake — Turkmenistan, Ashkhabad (Mw 7.2)· 110,000 deaths
  4. 4.1929 CEEarthquake — Iran, Kopet-Dagh (Mw 7.2)· 3,800 deaths
  5. 5.1929 CEEarthquake — 40 km SSE of Baharly, Turkmenistan (Mw 7.2)
  6. 6.1948 CEEarthquake — 14 km N of Ashgabat, Turkmenistan (Mw 7.15)
  7. 7.2000 BCEEarthquake — Turkmenistan, W (Ms 7.1)· 1 deaths
  8. 8.1175 CEEarthquake — Turkmenistan (M 7.1)
  9. 9.953 CEEarthquake — Turkmenistan, Nisa (M 7.1)
  10. 10.10 CEEarthquake — Turkmenistan, Nisa (M 7.1)
  11. 11.1946 CEEarthquake — 40 km NE of Balkanabat, Turkmenistan (Mw 7.02)
  12. 12.2000 CEEarthquake — Turkmenistan, Nebitdag-Turkmenbashi (Mw 7)· 11 deaths
  13. 13.2000 CEEarthquake — 37 km E of Balkanabat, Turkmenistan (Mwc 7)
  14. 14.1970 CEEarthquake — Iran, Karnaveh, Marev (Ms 6.7)· 220 deaths
  15. 15.1997 CEEarthquake — Iran, Bojnurd, Shirvan, Esfarayen (Mw 6.5)· 88 deaths
  16. 16.1997 CEEarthquake — Turkmenistan-Iran border region (Mwc 6.5)
  17. 17.1938 CEEarthquake — 90 km NE of Türkmenba?y, Turkmenistan (Mw 6.17)
  18. 18.1208 CEEarthquake — Turkmenistan, Gurgandzhe (M 6.1)· 2,000 deaths
  19. 19.1950 CEEarthquake — 55 km NNE of Abadan, Turkmenistan (Mw 6.1)
  20. 20.1102 CEEarthquake — Afghanistan, Gerat (M 6.1)
  21. 21.943 CEEarthquake — Turkmenistan, Nisa· 5,000 deaths
  22. 22.2006 CEFlood — Afghanistan· 66 deaths

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