Strong mag. 6.2 earthquake - Yamgān, 86 km south of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan, on Thursday, January 20, 1972 at 11:36 GMT
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Strong magnitude 6.2 earthquake at 212 km depth
1 Jan 00:00 UTC: First to report: USGS after 30 seconds.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Jan 20, 1972 11:36:29 UTC |
| Local time at epicenter | |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 6.2 |
| Depth | 211.9 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 36.374°N / 70.83°E  (Yamgān, Badakhshan, Afghanistan) |
| Antipode | 36.374°S / 109.17°W |
| Shaking intensity | Light shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 55 km (34 mi) S of Jurm (pop: 12,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 72 km (45 mi) WSW of Ashkāsham (Ishkashim) (pop: 12,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 80 km (50 mi) WSW of Ishqoshim (Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan) (pop: 26,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 86 km (53 mi) SSE of Faizabad (pop: 44,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 123 km (76 mi) ESE of Taloqan (Takhār) (pop: 64,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 181 km (112 mi) ESE of Kunduz (pop: 161,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 254 km (158 mi) NE of Kabul (pop: 3,043,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 301 km (187 mi) SE of Duschanbe (Dushanbe, Tajikistan) (pop: 679,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 334 km (208 mi) E of Mazar-i-Sharif (Balkh) (pop: 303,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 357 km (222 mi) NW of Islamabad (Pakistan) (pop: 601,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 1.3 x 1014 joules (35 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 30089 tons of TNT or 1.9 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 6.2 | 212 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 |
| Jul 8, 1972 06:49 50 years ago | 5.9 107 km | Zebak, 112 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
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