Strong mag. 6.7 earthquake - Zebak, 99 km southeast of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan, on Sunday, July 14, 1991 at 09:09 GMT
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Strong magnitude 6.7 earthquake at 213 km depth
1 Jan 00:00 UTC: First to report: USGS after 30 seconds.
Magnitude: 6.7
Depth: 212.9 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 36.334°N / 71.119°E
(Zebak, Badakhshan, Afghanistan)Antipode: 36.334°S / 108.881°W
Nearby towns and cities:
54 km (33 mi) SW of Ashkāsham (Ishkashim) (pop: 12,100) --> See nearby quakes!
62 km (39 mi) SW of Ishqoshim (Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan) (pop: 26,000) --> See nearby quakes!
64 km (40 mi) SSE of Jurm (pop: 12,100) --> See nearby quakes!
99 km (62 mi) SSE of Faizabad (pop: 44,400) --> See nearby quakes!
148 km (92 mi) ESE of Taloqan (Takhār) (pop: 64,300) --> See nearby quakes!
184 km (114 mi) E of Khanabad (Kunduz) (pop: 71,500) --> See nearby quakes!
267 km (166 mi) NE of Kabul (pop: 3,043,500) --> See nearby quakes!
320 km (199 mi) SE of Duschanbe (Dushanbe, Tajikistan) (pop: 679,400) --> See nearby quakes!
339 km (211 mi) NNW of Islamabad (Pakistan) (pop: 601,600) --> 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: 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 | 213 km | Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan | USGS |
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Aftershocks
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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (38 quakes)
Date and time | Mag Depth | Location | Details |
| Jan 7, 1992 23:52 30 years ago | 4.3 261 km | Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, 237 km NE of Kabul, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 7, 1992 13:37 30 years ago | 4.6 175 km | Kuran Wa Munjan, 84 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 6, 1992 02:25 30 years ago | 4.6 219 km | Tagāb, Badakhshan, 60 km SE of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 4, 1992 00:44 30 years ago | 3.6 10 km | Ishkāshim, Afghanistan, 27 km NW of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan | More |
| Dec 31, 1991 00:31 30 years ago | 4.1 212 km | Yamgān, 72 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Nov 28, 1991 19:33 30 years ago | 4.3 283 km | Yamgān, 76 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Nov 27, 1991 13:32 30 years ago | 4.5 188 km | Farkhār, 40 km SE of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Nov 23, 1991 16:51 31 years ago | 3.7 33 km | Wurduj, 74 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Nov 12, 1991 23:53 31 years ago | 4.2 130 km | Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, 229 km NE of Kabul, Afghanistan | More |
| Nov 12, 1991 21:10 31 years ago | 4.4 60 km | Warsaj, Takhar, 199 km NE of Kabul, Afghanistan | More |
| Nov 11, 1991 09:14 31 years ago | 4.8 95 km | Wurduj, 87 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Nov 11, 1991 00:04 31 years ago | 4.9 112 km | 37 km N of Ishqoshim, Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan | More |
| Nov 9, 1991 05:48 31 years ago | 4.4 169 km | Yamgān, 93 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Nov 3, 1991 23:05 31 years ago | 4.4 164 km | Yamgān, 72 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Nov 2, 1991 13:55 31 years ago | 4.8 115 km | Zebak, 92 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Oct 30, 1991 16:01 31 years ago | 5.0 173 km | Zebak, 88 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Oct 28, 1991 15:36 31 years ago | 4.8 175 km | Jurm, 64 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Oct 25, 1991 04:08 31 years ago | 4.4 104 km | Khōst wa Firing, Baghlan, 85 km NE of Bāzārak, Panjshir, Afghanistan | More |
| Oct 2, 1991 14:41 31 years ago | 3.8 293 km | 37 km NE of Ishqoshim, Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan | More |
| Sep 27, 1991 06:29 31 years ago | 3.9 221 km | Wurduj, 86 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Sep 21, 1991 18:20 31 years ago | 4.6 227 km | Yamgān, 87 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Sep 19, 1991 04:58 31 years ago | 5.0 99 km | Khōst wa Firing, Baghlan, 75 km NE of Bāzārak, Panjshir, Afghanistan | More |
| Sep 15, 1991 23:41 31 years ago | 4.8 107 km | Ishkāshim, 88 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Sep 11, 1991 06:41 31 years ago | 4.5 205 km | Farkhār, 73 km SE of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Sep 8, 1991 10:14 31 years ago | 5.0 133 km | Zebak, 50 km S of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Sep 5, 1991 23:04 31 years ago | 3.9 33 km | Farkhār, 63 km SE of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Sep 1, 1991 19:46 31 years ago | 4.6 51 km | Zebak, 90 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Aug 28, 1991 22:24 31 years ago | 4.3 33 km | Arghanj Khwāh, 27 km E of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Aug 26, 1991 00:43 31 years ago | 3.9 33 km | Shighnan, 61 km NE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Aug 25, 1991 10:09 31 years ago | 4.6 211 km | Yamgān, 77 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Aug 22, 1991 15:31 31 years ago | 4.8 33 km | Shighnan, 66 km NE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Aug 20, 1991 09:19 31 years ago | 4.8 33 km | Chitrāl, Pakistan, 40 km S of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan | More |
| Aug 16, 1991 22:04 31 years ago | 4.7 138 km | Wurduj, 86 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Aug 1, 1991 15:16 31 years ago | 4.5 79 km | Jurm, 75 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| 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 |
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