The 1992 Suusamyr earthquake occurred at 02:04
UTC on 19 August near Toluk in the border area of
Kyrgyzstan. The shock had a
surface wave magnitude of 7.5 and a maximum felt intensity of IX (Violent) on the
Mercalli intensity scale. It was a result of
reverse faulting.[2] The death toll from the event amounted to about 75, including 14 people who were killed by landslides.
Gómez, J. M.; Bukchin, B.; Madariaga, R.; Rogozhin, E. A.; Bogachkin, B. (1997), "Rupture process of the 19 August 1992 Susamyr, Kyrgyzstan, earthquake", Journal of Seismology, 1 (3): 219–235,
Bibcode:
1997JSeis...1..219G,
doi:
10.1023/A:1009780226399