Strong mag. 6.7 earthquake - Tagāb, Badakhshan, 51 km east of Farkhār, Takhar, Afghanistan, on Friday, July 6, 1962 at 23:05 GMT
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Strong magnitude 6.7 earthquake at 216 km depth
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Jul 6, 1962 23:05:34 UTC |
| Local time at epicenter | |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 6.7 |
| Depth | 216.2 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 36.458°N / 70.412°E  (Tagāb, Badakhshan, Afghanistan) |
| Antipode | 36.458°S / 109.588°W |
| Shaking intensity | Light shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 51 km (32 mi) ESE of Farkhār (Farkhar, Takhar) (pop: 10,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 59 km (37 mi) SW of Jurm (pop: 12,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 75 km (46 mi) S of Faizabad (pop: 44,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 84 km (52 mi) ESE of Taloqan (Takhār) (pop: 64,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 91 km (56 mi) SE of Rustāq (Rustaq, Takhar) (pop: 25,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 142 km (88 mi) E of Kunduz (pop: 161,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 242 km (151 mi) NNE of Kabul (pop: 3,043,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 272 km (169 mi) SSE of Duschanbe (Dushanbe, Tajikistan) (pop: 679,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 296 km (184 mi) E of Mazar-i-Sharif (Balkh) (pop: 303,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 387 km (241 mi) NW of Islamabad (Pakistan) (pop: 601,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 7.1 x 1014 joules (197 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 1.7 x 105 tons of TNT or 10.6 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 6.7 | 216 km | Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan | USGS |
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Aftershocks
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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (1 quake)
Date and time | Mag Depth | Location | Details |
| Sep 12, 1962 20:57 60 years ago | 6.3 35 km | Būrkah, 33 km NE of Baghlan, Baghlān-e Jadīd, Baghlan, Afghanistan | More |
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