Strong Mag. 6.1 Earthquake - 37 km South of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at 07:07 GMT

Strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake at 187 km depth

1 Jan 00:00 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 30 seconds.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Jan 31, 2018 07:07:00 UTC
Local time at epicenter
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	6.1
Depth	187.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	36.53°N / 70.86°E (Yamgān, Badakhshan, Afghanistan)
Antipode	36.53°S / 109.14°W
Shaking intensity	Light shaking
Felt	64 reports
Primary data source	GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	37 km (23 mi) S of Jurm (pop: 12,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 62 km (39 mi) WSW of Ashkāsham (Ishkashim) (pop: 12,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 70 km (43 mi) SSE of Faizabad (pop: 44,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 71 km (44 mi) WSW of Ishqoshim (Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan) (pop: 26,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 121 km (75 mi) E of Taloqan (Takhār) (pop: 64,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 180 km (112 mi) E of Kunduz (pop: 161,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 270 km (168 mi) NNE of Kabul (pop: 3,043,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 289 km (179 mi) SE of Duschanbe (Dushanbe, Tajikistan) (pop: 679,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 335 km (208 mi) E of Mazar-i-Sharif (Balkh) (pop: 303,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 370 km (230 mi) NNW of Islamabad (Pakistan) (pop: 601,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	8.9 x 10¹³ joules (24.8 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 21301 tons of TNT or 1.3 atomic bombs!) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
6.1	187 km	Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan	GFZ

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islamabad / Moderate shaking (MMI V)

Tashkent / Light shaking (MMI IV)

Palampur (714.9 km SE of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) : PC monitor and table shook for few seconds.

Dushanbe (295.2 km NW of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV)

227 km NW of epicenter [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV)

JALANDHAR / Light shaking (MMI IV) : I was sitting in my office on 3rd floor and Suddenly felt everything shaking. It lasts more than 4 seconds.

Kabul, Afghanistan / Light shaking (MMI IV)

Islamabad (376.3 km SE of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) : Its was normal (reported through our app)

india / Light shaking (MMI IV) : Feel very strong shaking in my office, just run outside of our office from the 5th floor.

Jalalabad / Strong shaking (MMI VI)

lahore / Light shaking (MMI IV)

Islamabad / Severe shaking (MMI VIII)

ANANTNAG (499.5 km SE of epicenter) [Map] / Strong shaking (MMI VI) : Strong shaking lasted for more than 4 seconds

Tashkent / Light shaking (MMI IV)

Tashkent Uzbekistan / Light shaking (MMI IV)

Ludhiana (778.6 km SE of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV) : Was sitting on a bed and felt it shaking

Barakhamba Road, New Delhi / Light shaking (MMI IV)

Rogun city, Rogun dam site, Tajikistan / Moderate shaking (MMI V) : Two separate but close shakes (total time less/equal 10 seconds, estimated). Colleague geologists are inspecting Contruction site in the most critical locations for slope instability. No photo available now.

New Delhi / Very weak shaking (MMI II)

Gurugram, Haryana, India / Light shaking (MMI IV)

dhaka (2329.6 km ESE of epicenter) [Map] / not felt (reported through our app)

kabul / Moderate shaking (MMI V)

Sargodha, pakistan (523.5 km SSE of epicenter) [Map] / Strong shaking (MMI VI) (reported through our app)

iSLAMABAD / Moderate shaking (MMI V) : Islamabad, Rawalpindi jolted. Felt a very strong shake for some seconds.

jaipur / Light shaking (MMI IV) : @ the time of earth quick my water bottle shaking

Jalandhar / Light shaking (MMI IV)

kabul, Qasaba / Moderate shaking (MMI V)

New Delhi / Light shaking (MMI IV)

Rawalpindi / Moderate shaking (MMI V)

Aftershocks

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (21 quakes)

Date and time	Mag Depth	Location	Details
Jul 20, 2018 22:45 4 years ago	4.0 107 km	47 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Jul 7, 2018 02:54 4 years ago	4.4 122 km	Badakhshan, 86 km SE of Farkhār, Takhar, Afghanistan	More
Jul 6, 2018 00:21 4 years ago	4.6 200 km	42 km SE of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Jun 14, 2018 16:57 4 years ago	4.6 169 km	Badakhshan, 44 km E of Farkhār, Takhar, Afghanistan	More
Jun 11, 2018 22:34 4 years ago	4.4 105 km	41 km S of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Jun 1, 2018 01:55 4 years ago	4.5 122 km	37 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
May 25, 2018 00:46 4 years ago	4.2 150 km	55 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
May 15, 2018 06:18 4 years ago	4.4 117 km	32 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
May 10, 2018 14:08 4 years ago - felt	5.0 196 km	31 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Apr 29, 2018 15:36 4 years ago	4.1 119 km	64 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Apr 28, 2018 15:14 4 years ago - felt	5.3 94 km	44 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Apr 24, 2018 15:52 4 years ago - felt	4.8 255 km	21 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Apr 22, 2018 15:19 4 years ago	4.1 137 km	57 km SW of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Apr 17, 2018 19:51 4 years ago	4.1 122 km	- 24km WSW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan	More
Apr 8, 2018 06:01 4 years ago	4.2 108 km	40 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Apr 3, 2018 01:36 4 years ago	4.6 126 km	47 km SE of Farkhār, Takhar, Afghanistan	More
Mar 30, 2018 18:45 4 years ago - felt	5.0 234 km	40 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Mar 30, 2018 12:52 4 years ago	4.3 138 km	48 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Mar 24, 2018 22:17 4 years ago - felt	5.0 200 km	48 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Mar 3, 2018 21:27 4 years ago	4.1 149 km	44 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Feb 15, 2018 07:13 4 years ago	4.2 108 km	30 km S of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More

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