Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake - Yamgān, 79 km south of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan, on Saturday, September 4, 1993 at 11:38 GMT
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Strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake at 195 km depth
1 Jan 00:00 UTC: First to report: USGS after 30 seconds.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Sep 4, 1993 11:38:38 UTC |
| Local time at epicenter | |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 6 |
| Depth | 194.5 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 36.429°N / 70.812°E  (Yamgān, Badakhshan, Afghanistan) |
| Antipode | 36.429°S / 109.188°W |
| Shaking intensity | Light shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 49 km (30 mi) S of Jurm (pop: 12,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 70 km (44 mi) WSW of Ashkāsham (Ishkashim) (pop: 12,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 79 km (49 mi) WSW of Ishqoshim (Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan) (pop: 26,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 79 km (49 mi) SSE of Faizabad (pop: 44,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 87 km (54 mi) E of Farkhār (Farkhar, Takhar) (pop: 10,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 119 km (74 mi) ESE of Taloqan (Takhār) (pop: 64,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 258 km (161 mi) NE of Kabul (pop: 3,043,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 295 km (183 mi) SE of Duschanbe (Dushanbe, Tajikistan) (pop: 679,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 332 km (206 mi) E of Mazar-i-Sharif (Balkh) (pop: 303,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 363 km (226 mi) NW of Islamabad (Pakistan) (pop: 601,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 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 | 195 km | Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan | USGS |
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Aftershocks
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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (22 quakes)
Date and time | Mag Depth | Location | Details |
| Feb 13, 1994 21:31 28 years ago | 3.7 33 km | Yamgān, 82 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 2, 1994 16:20 28 years ago | 4.6 75 km | Zebak, 39 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 31, 1994 11:40 28 years ago | 3.8 181 km | Yamgān, 79 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 25, 1994 21:31 28 years ago | 4.9 223 km | Yamgān, 91 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 25, 1994 17:54 28 years ago | 4.1 33 km | Zebak, 26 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 15, 1994 16:55 28 years ago | 4.3 210 km | Wurduj, 72 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 9, 1994 12:04 29 years ago | 4.6 33 km | Zebak, 69 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 8, 1994 06:04 29 years ago | 4.8 98 km | Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, 216 km NE of Kabul, Afghanistan | More |
| Dec 25, 1993 10:02 29 years ago | 4.4 195 km | Yamgān, 59 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Dec 20, 1993 19:45 29 years ago | 4.6 33 km | Zebak, 98 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Dec 19, 1993 17:53 29 years ago | 4.2 33 km | Zebak, 20 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Dec 17, 1993 21:07 29 years ago | 3.8 150 km | Wurduj, 19 km E of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Dec 17, 1993 17:42 29 years ago | 4.1 204 km | Jurm, 65 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Dec 2, 1993 14:39 29 years ago | 4.8 220 km | Tagāb, Badakhshan, 85 km SE of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Nov 30, 1993 07:58 29 years ago | 4.3 170 km | Jurm, 77 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Nov 28, 1993 20:59 29 years ago | 5.1 108 km | Zebak, 97 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Nov 25, 1993 13:15 29 years ago | 4.6 195 km | Yamgān, 77 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Nov 14, 1993 08:24 29 years ago | 4.5 111 km | Zebak, 46 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Nov 13, 1993 12:05 29 years ago | 4.3 174 km | Yamgān, 69 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Oct 7, 1993 17:59 29 years ago | 4.9 216 km | Yamgān, 75 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Sep 29, 1993 14:18 29 years ago | 4.6 188 km | Yamgān, 82 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Sep 26, 1993 02:29 29 years ago | 4.6 106 km | Zebak, 76 km SE of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
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