Strong mag. 6.3 earthquake - Tagāb, Badakhshan, 83 km southeast of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, October 18, 1995 at 09:30 GMT
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Strong magnitude 6.3 earthquake at 223 km depth
1 Jan 00:00 UTC: First to report: USGS after 30 seconds.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Oct 18, 1995 09:30:38 UTC |
| Local time at epicenter | |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 6.3 |
| Depth | 222.7 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 36.43°N / 70.387°E  (Tagāb, Badakhshan, Afghanistan) |
| Antipode | 36.43°S / 109.613°W |
| Shaking intensity | Light shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 50 km (31 mi) ESE of Farkhār (Farkhar, Takhar) (pop: 10,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 63 km (39 mi) SW of Jurm (pop: 12,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 78 km (49 mi) SSW of Faizabad (pop: 44,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 83 km (52 mi) ESE of Taloqan (Takhār) (pop: 64,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 92 km (57 mi) SSE of Rustāq (Rustaq, Takhar) (pop: 25,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 117 km (73 mi) ESE of Khanabad (Kunduz) (pop: 71,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 238 km (148 mi) NNE of Kabul (pop: 3,043,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 274 km (170 mi) SSE of Duschanbe (Dushanbe, Tajikistan) (pop: 679,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 294 km (183 mi) E of Mazar-i-Sharif (Balkh) (pop: 303,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 386 km (240 mi) NW of Islamabad (Pakistan) (pop: 601,600) | 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 | 223 km | Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan | USGS |
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Aftershocks
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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (46 quakes)
Date and time | Mag Depth | Location | Details |
| Apr 13, 1996 11:06 26 years ago | 4.0 236 km | Yamgān, Badakhshan, 98 km SE of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 13, 1996 04:22 26 years ago | 4.0 105 km | Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, 212 km NE of Kabul, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 12, 1996 01:26 26 years ago | 4.1 199 km | Yamgān, 82 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 12, 1996 00:22 26 years ago | 4.2 219 km | Tagāb, 77 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 8, 1996 11:07 26 years ago | 4.4 245 km | Zebak, 95 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 4, 1996 06:03 26 years ago | 3.7 200 km | Wurduj, 86 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 23, 1996 16:42 26 years ago | 3.6 231 km | Tagāb, Badakhshan, 62 km SE of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 16, 1996 04:08 26 years ago | 4.0 252 km | Zebak, 99 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 9, 1996 06:02 26 years ago | 3.5 200 km | Yamgān, 85 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 7, 1996 07:13 26 years ago | 3.8 151 km | Warsaj, Takhar, 209 km NE of Kabul, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 17, 1996 02:55 26 years ago | 4.0 159 km | Warsaj, Takhar, 210 km NE of Kabul, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 10, 1996 18:09 26 years ago | 3.2 150 km | Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, 163 km E of Khanabad, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 10, 1996 14:09 26 years ago | 3.6 150 km | Wurduj, 82 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 8, 1996 14:17 26 years ago | 3.8 200 km | Yamgān, 81 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 28, 1996 06:15 26 years ago | 3.8 33 km | Tashkān, 40 km SW of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 26, 1996 08:14 26 years ago | 4.0 209 km | Tagāb, Badakhshan, 81 km SE of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 19, 1996 18:34 26 years ago | 3.9 200 km | Farkhār, Takhar, 77 km SE of Khanabad, Khan Abad, Kunduz, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 19, 1996 12:27 26 years ago | 4.7 33 km | Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, 188 km NE of Kabul, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 17, 1996 12:48 26 years ago | 4.3 100 km | Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, 238 km NE of Kabul, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 14, 1996 00:35 26 years ago | 3.7 33 km | Yamgān, 92 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 14, 1996 00:33 26 years ago | 3.9 33 km | Zebak, 112 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 10, 1996 04:48 27 years ago | 4.1 100 km | Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, 238 km NE of Kabul, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 4, 1996 21:09 27 years ago | 4.0 220 km | Tagāb, Badakhshan, 82 km SE of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 3, 1996 23:45 27 years ago | 4.6 100 km | Warsaj, Takhar, 71 km NE of Bāzārak, Panjshir, Afghanistan | More |
| Dec 27, 1995 18:18 27 years ago | 3.5 181 km | Yamgān, 80 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Dec 25, 1995 03:19 27 years ago | 5.6 228 km | Tagāb, Badakhshan, 69 km SE of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Dec 22, 1995 20:55 27 years ago | 4.0 204 km | Yamgān, 88 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Dec 19, 1995 04:35 27 years ago | 3.9 208 km | Yamgān, 82 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Dec 15, 1995 02:48 27 years ago | 4.0 200 km | Kishim, Badakhshan, 56 km E of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Dec 13, 1995 13:10 27 years ago | 3.9 200 km | Yamgān, 89 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Dec 10, 1995 01:18 27 years ago | 3.9 200 km | Tagāb, 59 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Dec 9, 1995 22:28 27 years ago | 4.1 100 km | Yamgān, 66 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Dec 8, 1995 13:07 27 years ago | 4.9 118 km | Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, 199 km NE of Kabul, Afghanistan | More |
| Dec 1, 1995 22:38 27 years ago | 3.7 100 km | Zebak, 24 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Nov 29, 1995 10:10 27 years ago | 4.6 130 km | Chitrāl, Pakistan, 74 km SW of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan | More |
| Nov 23, 1995 14:35 27 years ago | 4.0 224 km | Yamgān, 87 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Nov 23, 1995 01:17 27 years ago | 4.0 125 km | Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, 194 km NE of Kabul, Afghanistan | More |
| Nov 21, 1995 09:09 27 years ago | 3.5 218 km | Yamgān, 87 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Nov 11, 1995 00:54 27 years ago | 3.9 198 km | Chāl, 41 km S of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Nov 10, 1995 09:55 27 years ago | 4.2 195 km | Zebak, 88 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Nov 7, 1995 19:00 27 years ago | 4.3 239 km | Yamgān, 80 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Nov 2, 1995 14:41 27 years ago | 4.4 102 km | Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, 212 km NE of Kabul, Afghanistan | More |
| Oct 20, 1995 13:00 27 years ago | 4.5 180 km | Yamgān, 61 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Oct 20, 1995 10:05 27 years ago | 4.2 100 km | Zebak, 96 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Oct 19, 1995 02:11 27 years ago | 4.1 200 km | Wurduj, 72 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Oct 18, 1995 18:23 27 years ago | 4.4 82 km | Warsaj, 96 km SE of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
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