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Earthquakes in Kazakhstan: live activity, map and history

Explore recent and historical earthquakes in Kazakhstan, with live USGS-derived data, magnitude and depth statistics, regional hubs and an interactive globe.

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Events80
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30 days1
12 months5
LargestM 6.1
avg_depth19.3 km
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Kazakhstan

A high index means recent activity is high relative to the selected historical baseline. It does not mean that a larger earthquake is about to occur.

Quake Pulse Activity Index39/100Normal
Current 30 days0
Historical monthly median0.0
Historical percentileP39
M5+ in 30 days0
M6+ in 30 days0
Activity trendaround the historical range
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A compact comparison of recent activity using pre-calculated periods.

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Last 30 days1M4.5+ 0 · M6+ 0Max M 3.4
Last 365 days5M4.5+ 4 · M6+ 0Max M 4.7
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Recent activity vs baseline

Counts describe detected earthquakes and are not a forecast or hazard assessment.

M4.5+ · 30d0
Monthly reference0.3
Relative activity×0.0
Historical maximumM 6.1

Recent earthquakes — Kazakhstan

30 days · Times shown in UTC.

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Seismic activity

Kazakhstan · 30 days

Magnitude distribution

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Country activity: Kazakhstan

Quake Pulse groups events assigned to Kazakhstan from coordinate-based country boundaries, with a cautious text fallback for offshore events. The page combines recent activity with the historical catalogue so a short-lived sequence can be read in context.

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Reference localities

Locality hubs are inferred from recurring USGS reference-place descriptions.

Sarkand8 USGS referencesKegen7 USGS referencesZharkent5 USGS referencesTurgen5 USGS referencesKurchum4 USGS referencesAlmaty4 USGS referencesMerke3 USGS referencesZaysan3 USGS referencesTekeli3 USGS referencesUrzhar3 USGS referencesEkibastuz2 USGS referencesSaryaghash2 USGS referencesChardara2 USGS referencesYanykurgan2 USGS referencesKaratau2 USGS referencesAsubulak1 USGS references

Recent local earthquakes

Times shown in UTC.

MagnitudeLocationDepthTime
M 3.47 km SE of Almaty, Kazakhstan10.0 km2026-09-28 04:38:10 UTCView event →
M 4.514 km SSE of Ekibastuz, Kazakhstan10.0 km2026-05-26 06:27:45 UTCView event →
M 4.741 km NNW of Zharkent, Kazakhstan10.0 km2026-03-31 06:11:58 UTCView event →
M 4.628 km NE of Turgen, Kazakhstan10.0 km2026-02-17 10:08:57 UTCView event →
M 4.769 km S of Sarkand, Kazakhstan10.0 km2026-02-05 08:39:41 UTCView event →
M 4.545 km ESE of Kurchum, Kazakhstan10.0 km2025-08-28 02:54:52 UTCView event →
M 5.252 km WSW of Asubulak, Kazakhstan10.0 km2025-07-23 10:37:21 UTCView event →
M 4.524 km SW of Merke, Kazakhstan24.0 km2025-03-28 10:56:44 UTCView event →
M 4.922 km SW of Merke, Kazakhstan10.0 km2025-03-27 22:42:41 UTCView event →
M 4.520 km NW of Zharkent, Kazakhstan26.7 km2024-11-25 18:42:15 UTCView event →
M 4.8106 km ENE of Kurchum, Kazakhstan48.3 km2024-08-02 18:15:58 UTCView event →
M 4.536 km E of Aqtoghay, Kazakhstan19.8 km2023-06-24 20:51:24 UTCView event →
M 4.584 km N of Shetpe, Kazakhstan10.0 km2023-04-25 07:25:02 UTCView event →
M 4.524 km NNW of Temirlanovka, Kazakhstan8.5 km2023-02-06 13:02:39 UTCView event →
M 4.753 km NNW of Zharkent, Kazakhstan20.2 km2022-11-20 03:21:43 UTCView event →
M 4.770 km ENE of Zaysan, Kazakhstan38.7 km2022-07-16 11:30:49 UTCView event →
M 4.539 km E of Georg?evka, Kazakhstan16.8 km2021-08-07 03:02:26 UTCView event →
M 4.519 km NNW of Tekeli, Kazakhstan17.4 km2020-06-06 00:10:53 UTCView event →
M 4.510 km WNW of Tekeli, Kazakhstan10.0 km2020-01-20 05:31:04 UTCView event →
M 4.69 km SW of Ekibastuz, Kazakhstan10.0 km2019-08-23 14:27:12 UTCView event →
M 4.541 km S of Sarkand, Kazakhstan16.4 km2019-08-19 13:14:43 UTCView event →
M 4.555 km SE of Sarkand, Kazakhstan10.0 km2019-05-09 19:15:57 UTCView event →
M 4.818 km WSW of Saryaghash, Kazakhstan10.0 km2019-03-13 21:32:01 UTCView event →
M 4.697 km S of Urzhar, Kazakhstan36.9 km2018-05-21 13:07:29 UTCView event →
M 4.624 km E of Kapshagay, Kazakhstan24.0 km2018-03-26 12:53:50 UTCView event →
M 4.525 km SSE of Turgen, Kazakhstan29.3 km2018-01-29 14:36:35 UTCView event →
M 4.515 km WSW of Saryaghash, Kazakhstan12.3 km2018-01-23 01:26:09 UTCView event →
M 4.628 km S of Zaysan, Kazakhstan33.0 km2018-01-16 16:34:29 UTCView event →
M 5.125 km SSE of Zaysan, Kazakhstan25.3 km2017-04-04 15:07:31 UTCView event →
M 4.539 km NE of Georgiyevka, Kazakhstan11.5 km2016-12-18 05:54:54 UTCView event →
M 4.620 km SE of Chardara, Kazakhstan10.6 km2016-05-28 19:10:36 UTCView event →
M 4.53 km N of Ayaguz, Kazakhstan14.9 km2016-03-15 21:32:43 UTCView event →
M 4.895 km SSW of Qapqal, China10.0 km2016-02-29 18:37:09 UTCView event →
M 4.528 km ESE of Kurchum, Kazakhstan15.5 km2015-12-27 18:39:05 UTCView event →
M 4.820 km S of Almaty, Kazakhstan27.9 km2015-03-15 14:01:03 UTCView event →
M 4.933 km WNW of Qara?yl, Kazakhstan10.0 km2015-01-20 09:30:55 UTCView event →
M 4.810 km SE of Abay, Kazakhstan14.9 km2014-06-21 06:30:04 UTCView event →
M 4.616 km SSE of Chayan, Kazakhstan11.7 km2013-09-24 09:10:42 UTCView event →
M 4.540 km SE of Kegen, Kazakhstan23.3 km2013-09-06 13:34:08 UTCView event →
M 4.586 km E of Kegen, Kazakhstan35.4 km2013-06-07 21:55:16 UTCView event →
M 4.564 km NW of Urzhar, Kazakhstan9.8 km2013-02-01 06:32:35 UTCView event →
M 4.558 km SSE of Kegen, Kazakhstan10.0 km2013-01-28 19:11:51 UTCView event →
M 6.161 km SE of Kegen, Kazakhstan15.0 km2013-01-28 16:38:53 UTCView event →
M 4.519 km WNW of Sastobe, Kazakhstan40.3 km2012-06-08 06:47:03 UTCView event →
M 4.521 km NNW of Zharkent, Kazakhstan42.0 km2012-06-06 07:26:14 UTCView event →
M 5.455 km NW of Kegen, Kazakhstan17.2 km2012-05-30 21:20:56 UTCView event →
M 4.784 km SSW of Yanykurgan, Kazakhstan10.0 km2011-06-16 10:57:25 UTCView event →
M 4.836 km N of Turgen, Kazakhstan28.2 km2011-05-01 11:37:11 UTCView event →
M 4.922 km N of Turgen, Kazakhstan22.0 km2011-05-01 09:13:55 UTCView event →
M 5.121 km NE of Turgen, Kazakhstan23.2 km2011-05-01 02:31:29 UTCView event →
M 4.847 km W of Ushtobe, Kazakhstan37.2 km2010-09-12 13:01:59 UTCView event →
M 4.8102 km SW of Yanykurgan, Kazakhstan0.8 km2009-06-29 21:22:00 UTCView event →
M 5.412 km SSE of Tekeli, Kazakhstan11.0 km2009-06-13 17:17:37 UTCView event →
M 5.024 km WSW of Lugovoye, Kazakhstan18.1 km2009-04-27 20:04:14 UTCView event →
M 4.687 km ENE of Sarkand, Kazakhstan29.0 km2009-01-15 00:08:48 UTCView event →
M 4.916 km SSE of Merke, Kazakhstan6.5 km2008-12-03 04:26:28 UTCView event →
M 4.738 km ENE of Kegen, Kazakhstan26.7 km2008-09-02 20:49:40 UTCView event →
M 4.573 km ESE of Sarkand, Kazakhstan10.0 km2008-05-30 15:36:00 UTCView event →
M 5.162 km SE of Kr?gloozernoe, Kazakhstan10.0 km2008-04-26 13:14:52 UTCView event →
M 4.913 km N of Zhanga Buqtyrma, Kazakhstan29.7 km2008-01-29 20:02:28 UTCView event →
M 4.524 km SSW of Almaty, Kazakhstan20.2 km2007-12-29 21:27:24 UTCView event →
M 4.635 km WSW of Shymkent, Kazakhstan15.5 km2007-11-07 09:38:03 UTCView event →
M 5.136 km SSE of Balpyk B?, Kazakhstan25.5 km2007-09-02 15:30:37 UTCView event →
M 4.757 km ESE of Kegen, Kazakhstan17.2 km2006-10-13 00:41:46 UTCView event →
M 4.656 km ESE of Saryozek, Kazakhstan24.8 km2006-06-04 15:10:06 UTCView event →
M 4.6112 km E of Kurchum, Kazakhstan24.8 km2006-03-20 02:09:05 UTCView event →
M 4.615 km SE of Chardara, Kazakhstan35.0 km2005-09-26 20:20:58 UTCView event →
M 4.631 km S of Talghar, Kazakhstan17.6 km2005-06-24 09:33:22 UTCView event →
M 5.341 km SSE of Sarkand, Kazakhstan18.4 km2004-10-27 09:23:38 UTCView event →
M 4.9105 km ESE of Khantau, Kazakhstan10.0 km2004-09-02 22:07:37 UTCView event →
M 4.799 km ESE of Sarkand, Kazakhstan22.2 km2004-08-25 13:54:50 UTCView event →
M 4.6Eastern Kazakhstan10.0 km2004-02-20 04:27:34 UTCView event →
M 5.50 km NNE of Lugovoy, Kazakhstan33.0 km2003-05-22 18:11:56 UTCView event →
M 4.791 km E of Sarkand, Kazakhstan33.0 km2003-04-01 13:27:26 UTCView event →
M 4.884 km NE of Urzhar, Kazakhstan28.8 km2002-11-28 18:53:33 UTCView event →
M 4.522 km S of Karatau, Kazakhstan10.0 km2002-02-17 09:39:06 UTCView event →
M 4.630 km S of Karatau, Kazakhstan14.1 km2002-02-17 08:55:45 UTCView event →
M 5.390 km W of Dzhambul, Kazakhstan33.0 km2001-08-22 15:58:01 UTCView event →
M 4.822 km E of Zharkent, Kazakhstan10.0 km2001-01-17 01:49:01 UTCView event →
M 4.6110 km W of T?ghyl, Kazakhstan33.0 km2000-06-28 22:43:33 UTCView event →
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