Strong mag. 6.2 earthquake - Yamgān, 71 km south of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, May 5, 1987 at 15:40 GMT
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Strong magnitude 6.2 earthquake at 202 km depth
1 Jan 00:00 UTC: First to report: USGS after 30 seconds.
Magnitude: 6.2
Depth: 202.1 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 36.48°N / 70.673°E
(Yamgān, Badakhshan, Afghanistan)Antipode: 36.48°S / 109.327°W
Nearby towns and cities:
45 km (28 mi) SSW of Jurm (pop: 12,100) --> See nearby quakes!
71 km (44 mi) S of Faizabad (pop: 44,400) --> See nearby quakes!
74 km (46 mi) E of Farkhār (Farkhar, Takhar) (pop: 10,500) --> See nearby quakes!
80 km (50 mi) WSW of Ashkāsham (Ishkashim) (pop: 12,100) --> See nearby quakes!
88 km (55 mi) WSW of Ishqoshim (Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan) (pop: 26,000) --> See nearby quakes!
106 km (66 mi) ESE of Taloqan (Takhār) (pop: 64,300) --> See nearby quakes!
256 km (159 mi) NNE of Kabul (pop: 3,043,500) --> See nearby quakes!
283 km (176 mi) SE of Duschanbe (Dushanbe, Tajikistan) (pop: 679,400) --> See nearby quakes!
319 km (198 mi) E of Mazar-i-Sharif (Balkh) (pop: 303,300) --> See nearby quakes!
375 km (233 mi) NW of Islamabad (Pakistan) (pop: 601,600) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Estimated released energy: 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 | 202 km | Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan | USGS |
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Aftershocks
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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (27 quakes)
Date and time | Mag Depth | Location | Details |
| Oct 31, 1987 18:35 35 years ago | 4.2 178 km | Jurm, 73 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Oct 17, 1987 01:13 35 years ago | 4.8 222 km | Farkhār, Takhar, 88 km E of Khanabad, Khan Abad, Kunduz, Afghanistan | More |
| Oct 14, 1987 12:18 35 years ago | 4.9 145 km | Yamgān, 94 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Oct 12, 1987 06:29 35 years ago | 4.3 188 km | Tagāb, 59 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Oct 10, 1987 00:04 35 years ago | 3.9 137 km | Wurduj, 58 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Oct 9, 1987 01:13 35 years ago | 5.0 104 km | Zebak, 39 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Oct 5, 1987 00:35 35 years ago | 4.3 33 km | Zebak, 37 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Oct 4, 1987 10:49 35 years ago | 4.5 180 km | Zebak, 83 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Oct 3, 1987 11:00 35 years ago | 6.1 95 km | Zebak, 27 km S of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Sep 23, 1987 19:19 35 years ago | 4.9 120 km | Kuran Wa Munjan, 69 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Sep 7, 1987 10:05 35 years ago | 4.5 201 km | Yamgān, 82 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Sep 3, 1987 00:04 35 years ago | 4.7 33 km | Ishkāshim, 92 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Aug 24, 1987 10:35 35 years ago | 4.8 112 km | Zebak, 28 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Aug 18, 1987 02:14 35 years ago | 4.9 207 km | Yamgān, 88 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Aug 2, 1987 12:55 35 years ago | 4.5 199 km | Wurduj, 67 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jul 28, 1987 03:02 35 years ago | 4.6 106 km | Chitrāl, Pakistan, 48 km S of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan | More |
| Jul 18, 1987 04:10 35 years ago | 4.1 33 km | Farkhār, 36 km SE of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Jul 9, 1987 19:49 35 years ago | 4.3 195 km | Farkhār, 74 km SE of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Jul 8, 1987 12:43 35 years ago | 4.3 228 km | Jurm, 73 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jul 4, 1987 19:07 35 years ago | 4.2 179 km | Jurm, 66 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jul 3, 1987 01:18 35 years ago | 5.0 111 km | Chitrāl, 111 km NW of Dīr, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan | More |
| Jun 30, 1987 01:05 35 years ago | 5.1 243 km | Jurm, 73 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jun 29, 1987 00:51 35 years ago | 4.1 181 km | Zebak, 19 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jun 22, 1987 15:52 35 years ago | 4.5 190 km | Zebak, 89 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 14, 1987 11:16 35 years ago | 4.4 187 km | Wurduj, 74 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 13, 1987 12:01 35 years ago | 4.2 158 km | Wurduj, 72 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 10, 1987 03:23 35 years ago | 4.5 250 km | Zebak, 91 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
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