At least 13 people from the districts of Gudermes, Shalinsky and Kurchaloyevsky were killed.

[3][4] The mainshock and a series of aftershocks were felt throughout the North Caucasus, and even in Armenia and Georgia.

[citation needed] Dagestan, Ingushetia, North Ossetia and Stavropol also experienced the tremors,[3] with a total of 16 shocks between 3 and 6 on the Richter scale.

[6] There was only minimal damage in the Chechnya capital of Grozny, consisting mostly of broken windows.

"[7] A magnitude 5.3 aftershock struck the region approximately 16 minutes after the initial quake.