* Astronomy

The 1911 Kebin earthquake or 1911 Chon-Kemin earthquake, struck Russian Turkestan on 3 January. Registered at a 7.7 magnitude, it destroyed more than 770 buildings (which was almost all of the city) in Almaty , Kazakhstan, and resulted in extensive (201 km) surface faulting in the valleys of Chon-Kemin, Chilik and Chon-Aksu.
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