Strong mag. 6.9 earthquake - Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, 140 km southeast of Khanabad, Afghanistan, on Thursday, January 31, 1991 at 23:03 GMT
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Strong magnitude 6.9 earthquake at 142 km depth
1 Jan 00:00 UTC: First to report: USGS after 30 seconds.
Magnitude: 6.9
Depth: 142.4 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 35.993°N / 70.423°E
(Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, Afghanistan)Antipode: 35.993°S / 109.577°W
Nearby towns and cities:
78 km (48 mi) NW of Pārūn (Wama, Nuristan) (pop: 1000) --> See nearby quakes!
112 km (69 mi) NE of Bāzārak (Panjshir) (pop: 65,000) --> See nearby quakes!
115 km (71 mi) SE of Taloqan (Takhār) (pop: 64,300) --> See nearby quakes!
126 km (78 mi) S of Faizabad (pop: 44,400) --> See nearby quakes!
155 km (96 mi) E of Baghlan (Wilāyat-e Baghlān) (pop: 108,400) --> See nearby quakes!
199 km (123 mi) NE of Kabul (pop: 3,043,500) --> See nearby quakes!
307 km (191 mi) ESE of Mazar-i-Sharif (Balkh) (pop: 303,300) --> See nearby quakes!
318 km (198 mi) SSE of Duschanbe (Dushanbe, Tajikistan) (pop: 679,400) --> See nearby quakes!
348 km (216 mi) NW of Islamabad (Pakistan) (pop: 601,600) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Estimated released energy: 1.4 x 1015 joules (392 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 3.4 x 105 tons of TNT or 21.1 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 6.9 | 142 km | Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan | USGS |
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Aftershocks
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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (67 quakes)
Date and time | Mag Depth | Location | Details |
| Jul 29, 1991 22:46 31 years ago | 3.2 33 km | Kōhistān, 31 km N of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jul 25, 1991 04:13 31 years ago | 4.0 194 km | Yamgān, 72 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jul 22, 1991 13:03 31 years ago | 4.6 120 km | Zebak, 94 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jul 14, 1991 22:01 31 years ago | 4.0 33 km | Ishkāshim, 70 km E of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jul 14, 1991 09:09 31 years ago | 6.7 213 km | Zebak, 99 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jul 4, 1991 22:47 31 years ago | 4.0 33 km | Zebak, 19 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jun 18, 1991 18:32 31 years ago | 4.4 33 km | 7.7 km NW of Ishqoshim, Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan | More |
| Jun 17, 1991 04:37 31 years ago | 4.5 33 km | Wākhān, Afghanistan, 30 km SE of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan | More |
| Jun 15, 1991 05:17 31 years ago | 4.2 224 km | Yamgān, 85 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jun 15, 1991 02:01 31 years ago | 4.2 33 km | Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, 96 km NW of Āsmār, Afghanistan | More |
| Jun 13, 1991 09:49 31 years ago | 4.6 152 km | Zebak, 70 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jun 12, 1991 20:08 31 years ago | 3.9 33 km | Chitrāl, Pakistan, 35 km SE of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan | More |
| Jun 11, 1991 14:24 31 years ago | 4.0 194 km | Yamgān, 66 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jun 9, 1991 03:27 31 years ago | 4.8 33 km | Zebak, 94 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jun 7, 1991 23:42 31 years ago | 4.2 33 km | Wākhān, Afghanistan, 29 km E of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan | More |
| Jun 5, 1991 17:14 31 years ago | 4.5 33 km | 19 km N of Ishqoshim, Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan | More |
| Jun 5, 1991 04:23 31 years ago | 3.9 226 km | Zebak, 96 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jun 4, 1991 21:53 31 years ago | 4.7 160 km | Guz̄argāh-e Nūr, 65 km E of Baghlan, Baghlān-e Jadīd, Baghlan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jun 2, 1991 04:13 31 years ago | 4.1 33 km | Guz̄argāh-e Nūr, Baghlan, 64 km SE of Khanabad, Afghanistan | More |
| Jun 1, 1991 10:40 31 years ago | 4.7 26 km | Khāsh, 19 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 27, 1991 00:33 31 years ago | 4.5 195 km | Jurm, 45 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 24, 1991 15:37 31 years ago | 4.0 33 km | 23 km NW of Thal, Dīr District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan | More |
| May 22, 1991 14:18 31 years ago | 3.5 180 km | Zebak, 19 km W of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 21, 1991 08:17 31 years ago | 3.9 33 km | Wākhān, Afghanistan, 25 km E of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan | More |
| May 20, 1991 21:16 31 years ago | 4.1 120 km | Ishkāshim, 74 km E of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 17, 1991 17:23 31 years ago | 4.5 33 km | 7.7 km N of Baghlan, Baghlān-e Jadīd, Baghlan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 14, 1991 22:38 31 years ago | 3.9 73 km | Zebak, 20 km S of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 14, 1991 00:28 31 years ago | 4.4 68 km | Jurm, 75 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 13, 1991 23:55 31 years ago | 4.8 19 km | Shuhadā, 43 km E of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 13, 1991 08:32 31 years ago | 4.1 74 km | Chitrāl, Pakistan, 47 km S of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan | More |
| May 5, 1991 07:09 31 years ago | 4.5 117 km | Khōst wa Firing, 69 km E of Nahrin, Nahrain, Baghlan, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 27, 1991 09:51 31 years ago | 5.1 209 km | Tagāb, 73 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 27, 1991 00:39 31 years ago | 4.4 241 km | Zebak, 97 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 24, 1991 10:37 31 years ago | 4.1 212 km | Wurduj, 73 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 22, 1991 01:34 31 years ago | 4.3 69 km | Zebak, 18 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 21, 1991 04:12 31 years ago | 3.9 33 km | Zebak, 18 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 20, 1991 17:08 31 years ago | 4.1 33 km | Yamgān, 83 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 19, 1991 05:52 31 years ago | 4.2 49 km | Zebak, 58 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 19, 1991 01:02 31 years ago | 3.8 188 km | Tagāb, 57 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 18, 1991 17:15 31 years ago | 3.7 33 km | Ali Abad, 26 km SW of Khanabad, Khan Abad, Kunduz, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 16, 1991 09:56 31 years ago | 5.2 127 km | Zebak, 113 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 15, 1991 10:48 31 years ago | 5.4 124 km | Zebak, 111 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 13, 1991 15:32 31 years ago | 3.9 33 km | 42 km N of Ishqoshim, Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan | More |
| Apr 13, 1991 13:34 31 years ago | 3.4 190 km | Yamgān, 74 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 9, 1991 06:45 31 years ago | 4.2 73 km | 38 km N of Ishqoshim, Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan | More |
| Apr 2, 1991 12:51 31 years ago | 4.7 235 km | Jurm, 69 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 29, 1991 02:20 31 years ago | 4.3 97 km | Yamgān, Badakhshan, 224 km NE of Kabul, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 28, 1991 18:32 31 years ago | 4.8 28 km | Ishkāshim, 70 km E of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 26, 1991 05:48 31 years ago | 3.7 99 km | Wurduj, 72 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 24, 1991 21:49 31 years ago | 4.6 122 km | Chitrāl, Pakistan, 42 km S of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan | More |
| Mar 24, 1991 01:50 31 years ago | 4.1 33 km | Kōhistān, 39 km N of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 23, 1991 06:02 31 years ago | 3.9 204 km | Jurm, 72 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 23, 1991 00:36 31 years ago | 5.2 215 km | Yamgān, 85 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 19, 1991 06:23 31 years ago | 3.8 33 km | Shighnan, 41 km E of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 9, 1991 20:48 31 years ago | 4.1 221 km | Yamgān, 79 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 5, 1991 23:19 31 years ago | 4.4 154 km | Ishkāshim, Afghanistan, 17 km NW of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan | More |
| Mar 3, 1991 23:49 31 years ago | 4.6 27 km | Mehtar Lām, Laghman, 37 km NW of Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 2, 1991 03:23 31 years ago | 4.4 149 km | Yamgān, 86 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 1, 1991 13:16 31 years ago | 4.5 106 km | Zebak, 38 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 27, 1991 13:24 31 years ago | 4.3 199 km | Yamgān, 73 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 25, 1991 12:12 31 years ago | 4.4 196 km | Yamgān, 80 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 23, 1991 12:33 31 years ago | 5.5 155 km | Yamgān, 94 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 21, 1991 06:05 31 years ago | 4.2 33 km | 10.3 km NE of Ishqoshim, Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan | More |
| Feb 12, 1991 03:23 31 years ago | 4.3 191 km | Wurduj, 64 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 11, 1991 09:01 31 years ago | 4.8 217 km | Tagāb, Badakhshan, 94 km E of Khanabad, Khan Abad, Kunduz, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 3, 1991 18:38 31 years ago | 4.1 33 km | 14 km SE of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 31, 1991 23:51 31 years ago | 4.6 207 km | Zebak, 97 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
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