Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - Kuran Wa Munjan, 123 km south of Faizabad, Afghanistan, on Monday, July 24, 1989 at 03:27 GMT
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Strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake at 95 km depth
1 Jan 00:00 UTC: First to report: USGS after 30 seconds.
Magnitude: 6
Depth: 95.1 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 36.085°N / 71.069°E
(Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, Afghanistan)Antipode: 36.085°S / 108.931°W
Nearby towns and cities:
75 km (47 mi) N of Pārūn (Wama, Nuristan) (pop: 1000) --> See nearby quakes!
78 km (49 mi) SSW of Ashkāsham (Ishkashim) (pop: 12,100) --> See nearby quakes!
86 km (54 mi) SW of Ishqoshim (Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan) (pop: 26,000) --> See nearby quakes!
89 km (55 mi) SSE of Jurm (pop: 12,100) --> See nearby quakes!
123 km (76 mi) SSE of Faizabad (pop: 44,400) --> See nearby quakes!
244 km (152 mi) NE of Kabul (pop: 3,043,500) --> See nearby quakes!
319 km (198 mi) NW of Islamabad (Pakistan) (pop: 601,600) --> See nearby quakes!
340 km (211 mi) SE of Duschanbe (Dushanbe, Tajikistan) (pop: 679,400) --> See nearby quakes!
361 km (224 mi) E of Mazar-i-Sharif (Balkh) (pop: 303,300) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Estimated released energy: 6.3 x 1013 joules (17.5 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 15080 tons of TNT or 0.9 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 6.0 | 95 km | Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan | USGS |
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Aftershocks
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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (17 quakes)
Date and time | Mag Depth | Location | Details |
| Jan 5, 1990 11:35 32 years ago | 4.6 80 km | Bargi Matal, Nuristan, 247 km NE of Kabul, Afghanistan | More |
| Dec 31, 1989 08:17 32 years ago | 4.5 156 km | Chitrāl, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, 248 km NE of Kabul, Afghanistan | More |
| Dec 22, 1989 13:57 32 years ago | 4.8 184 km | Yamgān, 70 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Dec 12, 1989 01:26 32 years ago | 4.6 176 km | Yamgān, 75 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Dec 2, 1989 21:00 32 years ago | 4.5 33 km | Yamgān, 97 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Nov 19, 1989 04:29 33 years ago | 4.8 198 km | Yamgān, 79 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Nov 12, 1989 08:39 33 years ago | 4.3 215 km | Zebak, 96 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Nov 12, 1989 00:26 33 years ago | 3.9 78 km | Zebak, 90 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Nov 10, 1989 21:08 33 years ago | 4.7 111 km | Zebak, 99 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Oct 27, 1989 19:21 33 years ago | 4.5 214 km | Yamgān, 88 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Oct 26, 1989 11:08 33 years ago | 4.5 196 km | Yamgān, 72 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Sep 17, 1989 00:17 33 years ago | 4.4 218 km | Zebak, 91 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Sep 10, 1989 21:37 33 years ago | 4.6 33 km | Zebak, 96 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Aug 18, 1989 07:43 33 years ago | 4.6 105 km | Zebak, 97 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Aug 10, 1989 14:37 33 years ago | 4.8 121 km | Chitrāl, Pakistan, 77 km SW of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan | More |
| Aug 1, 1989 09:38 33 years ago | 4.2 190 km | Yamgān, 70 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jul 24, 1989 13:34 33 years ago | 4.4 84 km | Chitrāl, 122 km NW of Dīr, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan | More |
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