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Almaty (Vernyy), Kazakhstan (Turkestan, Russia)
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Almaty (Alma-Ata, Vernyy) destroyed;
all but one of nearly 1,800 brick
buildings were destroyed or severely
damaged. Many people survived because
a strong foreshock occurred 5 minutes
before, waking everyone and forcing
many from their homes. Actual casualty
figures are not given. The quake
occurred in the Ile Alatauy (Zailiyskiy
Alatau) Mountains south of the city,
where many fissures, landslides and
mudslides were observed. It was felt
in present-day Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Uzbekistan and China from Ayagoz
(Sergiopol') to Kashi (Kashgar) and
from Tashkent to Urumqi (Urumchi).
From N.V. Kondorskaya and N.V. Shebalin, eds., New Catalog of Strong
Earthquakes in the U.S.S.R. from Ancient Times through 1977, NOAA
National Geophysical Data Center Report SE-31, Boulder, Colorado,
1982. (Update and English translation of Noviy Katalog Sil'nykh
Zemlyetryaseniy na Territoriy SSSR s Drevneyshikh Vremyen do 1975
g., USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 1977.)
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