Strong mag. 6.3 earthquake - Yamgān, 83 km south of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, December 17, 1997 at 05:51 GMT
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Strong magnitude 6.3 earthquake at 207 km depth
1 Jan 00:00 UTC: First to report: USGS after 30 seconds.
Magnitude: 6.3
Depth: 207.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 36.387°N / 70.773°E
(Yamgān, Badakhshan, Afghanistan)Antipode: 36.387°S / 109.227°W
Nearby towns and cities:
53 km (33 mi) S of Jurm (pop: 12,100) --> See nearby quakes!
76 km (47 mi) WSW of Ashkāsham (Ishkashim) (pop: 12,100) --> See nearby quakes!
83 km (52 mi) SSE of Faizabad (pop: 44,400) --> See nearby quakes!
84 km (52 mi) WSW of Ishqoshim (Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan) (pop: 26,000) --> See nearby quakes!
84 km (52 mi) ESE of Farkhār (Farkhar, Takhar) (pop: 10,500) --> See nearby quakes!
117 km (73 mi) ESE of Taloqan (Takhār) (pop: 64,300) --> See nearby quakes!
253 km (157 mi) NE of Kabul (pop: 3,043,500) --> See nearby quakes!
297 km (184 mi) SE of Duschanbe (Dushanbe, Tajikistan) (pop: 679,400) --> See nearby quakes!
329 km (205 mi) E of Mazar-i-Sharif (Balkh) (pop: 303,300) --> See nearby quakes!
361 km (225 mi) NW of Islamabad (Pakistan) (pop: 601,600) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Estimated released energy: 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 | 207 km | Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan | USGS |
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Aftershocks
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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (65 quakes)
Date and time | Mag Depth | Location | Details |
| Jun 7, 1998 08:56 24 years ago | 4.4 33 km | Argō, 22 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jun 2, 1998 18:34 24 years ago | 4.6 33 km | Zebak, 12 km S of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 30, 1998 08:16 24 years ago | 3.7 33 km | Argō, 11 km W of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 30, 1998 01:58 24 years ago | 4.1 200 km | Yamgān, 85 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 23, 1998 21:10 24 years ago | 4.0 250 km | Yamgān, 92 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 18, 1998 20:49 24 years ago | 3.6 190 km | Yamgān, 72 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 14, 1998 03:29 24 years ago | 3.9 179 km | Yamgān, 95 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 11, 1998 09:39 24 years ago | 3.8 200 km | Yamgān, 68 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 8, 1998 09:02 24 years ago | 3.5 200 km | Zebak, 80 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 4, 1998 22:30 24 years ago | 3.5 259 km | Zebak, 40 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 28, 1998 07:38 24 years ago | 4.2 114 km | Chitrāl, Pakistan, 56 km SW of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan | More |
| Apr 26, 1998 06:21 24 years ago | 4.1 250 km | Tagāb, 72 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 26, 1998 01:43 24 years ago | 3.6 300 km | Tagāb, 80 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 23, 1998 21:03 24 years ago | 4.8 127 km | Zebak, 67 km SE of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 23, 1998 14:12 24 years ago | 3.4 214 km | Zebak, 90 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 21, 1998 12:34 24 years ago | 3.8 150 km | Warsaj, Takhar, 90 km SE of Khanabad, Khan Abad, Kunduz, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 17, 1998 02:00 24 years ago | 3.5 150 km | Kuran Wa Munjan, 99 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 16, 1998 03:20 24 years ago | 3.6 214 km | Tagāb, Badakhshan, 70 km SE of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 13, 1998 00:35 24 years ago | 3.5 176 km | Yamgān, 80 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 11, 1998 13:34 24 years ago | 3.1 206 km | Yamgān, 78 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 10, 1998 22:13 24 years ago | 3.1 182 km | Warsaj, 92 km SE of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 31, 1998 16:09 24 years ago | 4.4 128 km | Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, 241 km NE of Kabul, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 25, 1998 15:12 24 years ago | 4.2 108 km | Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, 205 km NE of Kabul, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 23, 1998 15:31 24 years ago | 4.0 227 km | Tagāb, Badakhshan, 72 km SE of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 22, 1998 13:14 24 years ago | 3.6 200 km | Tagāb, Badakhshan, 74 km E of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 21, 1998 18:22 24 years ago | 5.9 228 km | Tagāb, Badakhshan, 95 km E of Khanabad, Khan Abad, Kunduz, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 18, 1998 11:53 24 years ago | 4.1 111 km | Chitrāl, 113 km NW of Dīr, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan | More |
| Mar 16, 1998 16:46 24 years ago | 4.1 232 km | Warsaj, 77 km SE of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 16, 1998 04:31 24 years ago | 3.5 269 km | Zebak, 97 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 14, 1998 11:44 24 years ago | 3.7 150 km | Yamgān, 86 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 12, 1998 14:16 24 years ago | 3.9 217 km | Yamgān, 66 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 9, 1998 23:21 24 years ago | 4.6 239 km | Yamgān, 80 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 9, 1998 06:38 24 years ago | 3.7 119 km | Zebak, 98 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 8, 1998 14:54 24 years ago | 3.3 100 km | Zebak, 95 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 2, 1998 05:13 24 years ago | 3.0 236 km | Yamgān, 74 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 1, 1998 17:29 24 years ago | 4.6 200 km | Yamgān, 76 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 26, 1998 18:25 24 years ago | 3.4 200 km | Tagāb, 62 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 24, 1998 13:43 24 years ago | 3.5 145 km | Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, 162 km E of Khanabad, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 24, 1998 11:51 24 years ago | 3.6 150 km | Yamgān, 98 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 22, 1998 18:05 24 years ago | 4.3 203 km | Yamgān, 79 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 20, 1998 12:18 24 years ago | 6.4 236 km | Yamgān, 84 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 18, 1998 23:41 24 years ago | 3.5 200 km | Chitrāl, 96 km NW of Thal, Dīr District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan | More |
| Feb 18, 1998 22:14 24 years ago | 3.8 239 km | Wurduj, 78 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 18, 1998 01:42 24 years ago | 3.5 298 km | Jurm, 49 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 16, 1998 19:21 24 years ago | 4.0 217 km | Wurduj, 85 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 14, 1998 00:08 24 years ago | 5.5 219 km | Zebak, 96 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 11, 1998 15:38 24 years ago | 3.6 33 km | Kuran Wa Munjan, 92 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 11, 1998 09:43 24 years ago | 3.4 129 km | Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, 229 km NE of Kabul, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 9, 1998 21:13 24 years ago | 4.7 80 km | Yamgān, 52 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 6, 1998 02:59 24 years ago | 3.5 200 km | Kuran Wa Munjan, 91 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 5, 1998 11:14 24 years ago | 3.7 100 km | Zebak, 25 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 3, 1998 08:31 24 years ago | 3.2 266 km | 8.2 km N of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 24, 1998 01:38 24 years ago | 3.4 284 km | Warsaj, Takhar, 87 km SE of Khanabad, Khan Abad, Kunduz, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 20, 1998 18:03 24 years ago | 4.8 100 km | Zebak, 96 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 20, 1998 16:43 24 years ago | 4.4 217 km | Yamgān, 76 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 17, 1998 05:39 24 years ago | 4.3 200 km | Yamgān, 88 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 16, 1998 09:36 24 years ago | 4.1 100 km | Chitrāl, 188 km NW of Mingora, Swāt, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan | More |
| Jan 8, 1998 06:59 24 years ago | 4.2 239 km | Yamgān, 92 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 7, 1998 15:05 24 years ago | 4.2 229 km | Yamgān, 82 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Dec 28, 1997 14:16 24 years ago | 4.2 200 km | Tagāb, 69 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Dec 25, 1997 08:29 24 years ago | 4.5 250 km | Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, 226 km NE of Kabul, Afghanistan | More |
| Dec 24, 1997 14:27 24 years ago | 3.6 207 km | Wurduj, 81 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Dec 20, 1997 23:21 24 years ago | 4.2 131 km | Chitrāl, Pakistan, 42 km S of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan | More |
| Dec 19, 1997 20:40 24 years ago | 3.0 228 km | Kuran Wa Munjan, 94 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Dec 18, 1997 18:22 24 years ago | 3.6 250 km | Yamgān, 69 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
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