2008 Kyrgyzstan earthquake

Earthquake
title = 2008 Kyrgyzstan earthquake
date = October 5, 2008

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magnitude = 6.6
depth = convert|27.6|km|mi|0
location = coord|39|50|54|N|73|46|4.8|E|type:landmark_region:KG
countries affected = flagcountry|Kyrgyzstan, flagcountry|Tajikistan, CHN
casualties = 75 dead, 150 injuredThe 2008 Kyrgyzstan earthquake was a magnitude 6.6 earthquake, which struck on October 6, 2008 at 21:52 local time (15:52 UTC) killing 75 people, including 41 children,cite news|url=http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/choppers-pick-up-quake-injured/1328079.aspx|title=Choppers pick up quake injured|last=Namatbayeva|first=Tolkun|date=2008-10-08|publisher=Canberra Times|accessdate=2008-10-09] and injuring about 150, including 93 children.cite news|url=http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gpjxAG8LCJBug7O-__0DZol8F-BgD93LMTP01|title=Kyrgyzstan mourns after quake kills at least 74|date=2008-10-07|publisher=AP|accessdate=2008-10-09] [cite news|url=http://eng.24.kg/community/2008/10/08/6254.html|title=150 injured, 74 dead in Nura village, emergencies ministry says|date=2008-10-08|publisher=24 Kyrgyzstan|accessdate=2008-10-08] The center of the earthquake was near the town of Nura, it destroyed 100 buildings and did minor damage in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. The quake was felt throughout Central Asia. [cite news|url=http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gpjxAG8LCJBug7O-__0DZol8F-BgD93L1V401|title=Earthquake kills at least 72 in Kyrgyzstan|last=Saralayeva|first=Leila|date=2008-10-06|publisher=AP|accessdate=2008-10-06] A magnitude 5.7 aftershock in Xinjiang [cite web|url=http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2008xua1.php#details|title=Magnitude 5.7 - SOUTHERN XINJIANG, CHINA|date=October 5, 2008|publisher=USGS|accessdate=2008-10-10] and a magnitude 5.1 aftershock in Kyrgyzstan followed the earthquake. Victims were transported in military helicopters to hospitals in Osh. [cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/world/asia/07quake.html|title=Quake Kills at Least 72 in Kyrgyzstan |last=Stern|first=David L.|date=2008-10-06|publisher=New York Times|accessdate=2008-10-09]

The Kyrgystan Emergency Ministry said that few buildings remained standing in the village: "Almost all buildings in the village have been destroyed. The only buildings remaining are those built recently: the school and a medical clinic." Kanatbek Abdrakhmatov, head of the Institute of Seismology, attributed much of the destruction due to inferior construction of the buildings, many of which were built out of clay and straw.

The injured were paid 5,000 Kyrgyzstani soms (US$ 136) and 3 tons of coal, and families of the dead received 50 kg of flour. [cite news|url=http://eng.24.kg/community/2008/10/09/6272.html|title=Kyrgyz government allocates 36mln KGS for earthquake victims support|last=Kutueva|first=Aizada|date=2008-10-09|publisher=24 Kyrgyzstan|accessdate=2008-10-09] 200 people wish to remain in Nura, and were provided with 100 6-person tents.cite news|url=http://eng.24.kg/community/2008/10/08/6259.html|title=New houses for earthquake victims to be built in spring 2009|last=Cheban|first=Olga|date=2008-10-08|publisher=24 Kyrgyzstan|accessdate=2008-10-09] 100 mobile homes are being transported to Nura, and the village will be rebuilt in the spring of 2009, and should be completed by August 2009. Uzbekistan pledged the equivalent of US$200,000 in humanitarian aid, including 120 tons of cement, as well as other building materials. [cite news|url=http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=60052|title=Uzbekistan to provide humanitarian aid worth US$200,000 to Kyrgyz Republic|date=2008-10-09|publisher=Turkish Weekly|accessdate=2008-10-09]

In Kyrgyzstan, an official day of mourning was observed on October 7, 2008.

ee also

*List of earthquakes

References