Moderate mag. 5.1 earthquake - Zebak, 97 km southeast of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan, on Sunday, November 28, 1993 at 20:59 GMT
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Moderate magnitude 5.1 earthquake at 108 km depth
1 Jan 00:00 UTC: First to report: USGS after 30 seconds.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Nov 28, 1993 20:59:27 UTC |
| Local time at epicenter | |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 5.1 |
| Depth | 107.5 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 36.474°N / 71.309°E  (Zebak, Badakhshan, Afghanistan) |
| Antipode | 36.474°S / 108.691°W |
| Shaking intensity | Weak shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 31 km (19 mi) SW of Ashkāsham (Ishkashim) (pop: 12,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 39 km (24 mi) SW of Ishqoshim (Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan) (pop: 26,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 61 km (38 mi) SE of Jurm (pop: 12,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 97 km (60 mi) SE of Faizabad (pop: 44,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 161 km (100 mi) E of Taloqan (Takhār) (pop: 64,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 198 km (123 mi) E of Khanabad (Kunduz) (pop: 71,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 290 km (180 mi) NE of Kabul (pop: 3,043,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 320 km (199 mi) SE of Duschanbe (Dushanbe, Tajikistan) (pop: 679,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 344 km (214 mi) NNW of Islamabad (Pakistan) (pop: 601,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 376 km (234 mi) E of Mazar-i-Sharif (Balkh) (pop: 303,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 2.8 x 1012 joules (783 megawatt hours, equivalent to 674 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 5.1 | 108 km | Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan | USGS |
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Aftershocks
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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (3 quakes)
Date and time | Mag Depth | Location | Details |
| Jan 25, 1994 21:31 29 years ago | 4.9 223 km | Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 25, 1994 17:54 29 years ago | 4.1 33 km | Zebak, 26 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, 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 |
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