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Shelek
Shelek ( kk, Шелек, ''Şelek''), formerly Chilik, is a town in Almaty Region of south-eastern Kazakhstan. Administrative center of Shelek rural district. It is located about 69 km north-east of the center of Esik. The KATO code is 194083100. History The settlement was founded in 1871 as the village of Chilik. In 1889, the 1889 Chilik earthquake caused severe damage. It was Zaitsevsky, from 1932 to May 1997 and was the administrative center of the Chilik region. On May 23, 1997, the Chilik district was abolished and incorporated into the Enbekshikazakh district. Prior to 1997, Shelek was the regional center of the Chilik district of the Almaty region, which became part of the Enbekshikazakh district with the center in the city of Esik. Etymology The Kazakh word "shelek" translated into Russian means "bucket", but scientists believe it to be a coincidence. The name of the village comes from the name of the river Chilik(Shelek in Kazakh). In folk etymology(according to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1889 Chilik Earthquake
The 1889 Chilik earthquake occurred on July 11 on the Gregorian calendar, or June 30 on the Julian calendar at 15:14 local time in the Tien Shan mountains. The earthquake measured an estimated 7.9–8.0 on the moment magnitude scale and was assigned a maximum intensity of X (''Devastating'') on the MSK 64 and Rossi-Forel scale, Rossi-Forel scales. Over 92 people across Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and China were killed. Tectonic setting The geological forces at play in the Turkestan region are directly related to the ongoing collision of the Indian Plate with the Eurasian Plate. The topography of this region is influenced by broad crustal deformation as a result of convergence along the Main Himalayan Thrust. Before the Indian subcontinent collided with Eurasia, there were island arcs and microcontinents between the two landmasses that were also converging. These terranes were later accreted to Eurasia as northward-moving India closed collided with Eurasia, and are now in present-day C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |