Strong mag. 6.3 earthquake - Chitrāl, Pakistan, 34 km south of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan, on Saturday, September 18, 1993 at 05:02 GMT
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Strong magnitude 6.3 earthquake at 113 km depth
1 Jan 00:00 UTC: First to report: USGS after 30 seconds.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Sep 18, 1993 05:02:27 UTC |
| Local time at epicenter | |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 6.3 |
| Depth | 112.6 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 36.421°N / 71.592°E  (Chitrāl, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan) |
| Antipode | 36.421°S / 108.408°W |
| Shaking intensity | Moderate shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 30 km (18 mi) S of Ashkāsham (Ishkashim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan) (pop: 12,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 34 km (21 mi) S of Ishqoshim (Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan) (pop: 26,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 120 km (75 mi) NNW of Thal (Upper Dir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) (pop: 29,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 137 km (85 mi) N of Dīr (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) (pop: 29,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 195 km (121 mi) NNW of Mingora (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) (pop: 279,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 268 km (167 mi) N of Peshawar (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) (pop: 1,218,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 304 km (189 mi) NE of Kabul (Afghanistan) (pop: 3,043,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 328 km (204 mi) NNW of Islamabad (pop: 601,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 341 km (212 mi) NNW of Rawalpindi (Punjab) (pop: 1,743,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 342 km (212 mi) SE of Duschanbe (Dushanbe, Tajikistan) (pop: 679,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 1.8 x 1014 joules (49.4 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 42502 tons of TNT or 2.7 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 6.3 | 113 km | Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan | USGS |
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Aftershocks
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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (26 quakes)
Date and time | Mag Depth | Location | Details |
| Mar 11, 1994 19:11 28 years ago | 4.2 33 km | Yamgān, 71 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 7, 1994 17:29 28 years ago | 4.4 194 km | Yamgān, 84 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 6, 1994 16:54 28 years ago | 4.4 104 km | 12 km N of Ishqoshim, Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan | More |
| Mar 1, 1994 23:37 28 years ago | 3.9 33 km | Shuhadā, 66 km E of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| 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 29, 1994 22:17 28 years ago | 4.1 33 km | Zebak, 19 km S of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, 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 28 years ago | 4.6 33 km | Zebak, 69 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 6, 1994 02:29 28 years ago | 4.8 33 km | 55 km NE of Ishqoshim, Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan | 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 13, 1993 03:59 29 years ago | 4.3 33 km | Ishkāshim, 72 km E of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, 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 20, 1993 10:11 29 years ago | 4.1 33 km | 12 km N of Ishqoshim, Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan | 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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