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Table 6-2 Earthquakes with M>5 Occurred Around the Project Area (Adapted from 
UzAssystem, 2021)
Y
EAR
 
E
ARTHQUAKE
 
M
AGNITUDE
 
MSK-64 
DEGREE
 
D
EPTH 
(
KM
) 
S
EISMIC 
Z
ONE
 
1932 
Tamdybulaq 
6.1 
7* 
25 
Besapano-North Nuratinsk 
1976 
Gazliyskoe I 
7.0 
9** 
25 
South Tien Shan 
1976 
Gazliyskoe II 
7.3 
9** 
20 
South Tien Shan 
1984 
Gazliyskoe 
7.2 
9-10*** 
15 
South Tien Shan 
Note: 
 
*Intensity degree 7 means that most people are frightened and try to run outdoors. 
Furniture may be shifted and overturned. Objects fall from shelves and water 
splashes from containers. Older buildings can be seriously damaged and masonry 
chimneys can collapse. Small landslides can occur (Medevedev et al., 1964). 
 
**Intensity degree 9 means that general panic occurs. People may be forcibly 
thrown to the ground. Many monuments and columns fall or are twisted. Waves 
are seen on soft ground. Substandard structures may collapse. Substantial 

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damages may happen to well-constructed structures. Underground pipelines 
rupture. Ground fracturing and widespread landslides may occur (Medevedev et 
al., 1964).
 
***Intensity degree 10 means that Masonry buildings may be destroyed, 
infrastructure may be crippled. Massive landslides may occur. Water bodies may 
be overtopped, causing flooding of the surrounding areas and the formation of 
new water bodies (Medevedev et al., 1964).

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