Strong mag. 6.2 earthquake - Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, 126 km southeast of Taloqan, Afghanistan, on Thursday, January 3, 2002 at 07:05 GMT
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Strong magnitude 6.2 earthquake at 129 km depth
1 Jan 00:00 UTC: First to report: USGS after 30 seconds.
Magnitude: 6.2
Depth: 129.3 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 36.088°N / 70.687°E
(Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, Afghanistan)Antipode: 36.088°S / 109.313°W
Nearby towns and cities:
77 km (48 mi) NNW of Pārūn (Wama, Nuristan) (pop: 1000) --> See nearby quakes!
87 km (54 mi) S of Jurm (pop: 12,100) --> See nearby quakes!
115 km (71 mi) S of Faizabad (pop: 44,400) --> See nearby quakes!
126 km (78 mi) SE of Taloqan (Takhār) (pop: 64,300) --> See nearby quakes!
137 km (85 mi) NE of Bāzārak (Panjshir) (pop: 65,000) --> See nearby quakes!
178 km (111 mi) E of Baghlan (Wilāyat-e Baghlān) (pop: 108,400) --> See nearby quakes!
221 km (138 mi) NE of Kabul (pop: 3,043,500) --> See nearby quakes!
320 km (199 mi) SSE of Duschanbe (Dushanbe, Tajikistan) (pop: 679,400) --> See nearby quakes!
328 km (204 mi) E of Mazar-i-Sharif (Balkh) (pop: 303,300) --> See nearby quakes!
340 km (211 mi) NW of Islamabad (Pakistan) (pop: 601,600) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Estimated released energy: 1.3 x 1014 joules (35 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 30089 tons of TNT or 1.9 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 6.2 | 129 km | Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan | USGS |
User reports for this quake
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Aftershocks
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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (69 quakes)
Date and time | Mag Depth | Location | Details |
| Jun 29, 2002 20:48 20 years ago | 3.7 219 km | Tagāb, 58 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jun 29, 2002 16:11 20 years ago | 4.7 199 km | Yamgān, 76 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jun 28, 2002 23:33 20 years ago | 3.9 225 km | Tagāb, Badakhshan, 69 km SE of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Jun 25, 2002 03:22 20 years ago | 3.3 200 km | Tagāb, 72 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jun 9, 2002 22:18 20 years ago | 4.9 86 km | Zebak, 39 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jun 8, 2002 02:37 20 years ago | 4.0 179 km | Yamgān, 76 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jun 6, 2002 00:32 20 years ago | 4.2 179 km | Yamgān, 88 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jun 2, 2002 18:30 20 years ago | 3.9 73 km | Yamgān, 86 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jun 2, 2002 05:16 20 years ago | 3.4 200 km | Yamgān, 87 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 31, 2002 23:26 20 years ago | 3.7 218 km | Tagāb, 62 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 28, 2002 11:02 20 years ago | 4.1 209 km | Yamgān, 66 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 26, 2002 01:38 20 years ago | 3.5 200 km | Yamgān, 69 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 22, 2002 13:12 20 years ago | 4.0 200 km | Yamgān, 85 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 22, 2002 12:56 20 years ago | 3.9 247 km | Tagāb, 56 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 15, 2002 21:18 20 years ago | 3.5 239 km | Jurm, 68 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 15, 2002 15:33 20 years ago | 3.7 120 km | Zebak, 107 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 13, 2002 18:41 20 years ago | 3.6 33 km | Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, 235 km NE of Kabul, Afghanistan | More |
| May 12, 2002 09:51 20 years ago | 3.9 200 km | Tagāb, 55 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 9, 2002 08:12 20 years ago | 4.0 100 km | Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, 235 km NE of Kabul, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 30, 2002 23:02 20 years ago | 3.9 200 km | Zebak, 105 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 23, 2002 08:27 20 years ago | 3.7 100 km | Zebak, 111 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 17, 2002 10:51 20 years ago | 4.3 250 km | Jurm, 69 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 16, 2002 23:46 20 years ago | 4.0 100 km | Chitrāl, Pakistan, 57 km SW of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan | More |
| Apr 6, 2002 10:45 20 years ago | 3.5 209 km | Yamgān, 78 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 6, 2002 06:08 20 years ago | 4.3 115 km | Kuran Wa Munjan, 70 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 3, 2002 02:23 20 years ago | 4.5 208 km | Yamgān, 72 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 31, 2002 17:10 20 years ago | 3.7 211 km | Tagāb, Badakhshan, 79 km E of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 30, 2002 21:14 20 years ago | 3.3 229 km | Jurm, 75 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 29, 2002 01:58 20 years ago | 4.4 143 km | Zebak, 97 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 22, 2002 09:37 20 years ago | 3.6 222 km | Tagāb, 62 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 21, 2002 21:58 20 years ago | 4.3 216 km | Tagāb, Badakhshan, 83 km E of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 20, 2002 12:38 20 years ago | 4.0 231 km | Tagāb, Badakhshan, 90 km SE of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 18, 2002 07:03 20 years ago | 3.5 232 km | Tagāb, Badakhshan, 85 km SE of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 14, 2002 10:46 20 years ago | 3.7 200 km | Yamgān, 69 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 13, 2002 23:30 20 years ago | 3.7 207 km | Tagāb, 77 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 11, 2002 17:21 20 years ago | 4.0 219 km | Tagāb, Badakhshan, 79 km E of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 9, 2002 20:59 20 years ago | 4.0 229 km | Yamgān, 68 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 8, 2002 08:14 20 years ago | 3.5 217 km | Yamgān, 67 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 6, 2002 19:56 20 years ago | 4.5 116 km | Chitrāl, Pakistan, 53 km S of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan | More |
| Mar 6, 2002 10:15 20 years ago | 4.3 170 km | Yamgān, 93 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 5, 2002 19:09 20 years ago | 3.9 225 km | Yamgān, 65 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 5, 2002 15:38 20 years ago | 3.8 217 km | Tagāb, 61 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 5, 2002 14:38 20 years ago | 3.8 200 km | Tagāb, Badakhshan, 78 km SE of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 3, 2002 21:39 20 years ago | 3.8 210 km | Tagāb, Badakhshan, 80 km E of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 3, 2002 19:13 20 years ago | 3.8 210 km | Tagāb, Badakhshan, 81 km E of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 3, 2002 16:32 20 years ago | 3.5 200 km | Tagāb, 72 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 3, 2002 13:49 20 years ago | 3.8 218 km | Yamgān, 68 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 3, 2002 13:25 20 years ago | 3.8 216 km | Tagāb, 77 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 3, 2002 13:15 20 years ago | 3.9 219 km | Tagāb, 71 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 3, 2002 13:05 20 years ago | 4.2 213 km | Tagāb, 73 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 3, 2002 12:08 20 years ago | 7.4 226 km | Tagāb, 69 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 1, 2002 07:28 20 years ago | 4.1 219 km | Tagāb, Badakhshan, 74 km SE of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 28, 2002 06:49 20 years ago | 4.2 228 km | Farkhār, 66 km SE of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 21, 2002 09:37 20 years ago | 3.9 114 km | Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, 246 km NE of Kabul, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 20, 2002 01:38 20 years ago | 3.8 215 km | Yamgān, 66 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 19, 2002 07:23 20 years ago | 3.8 200 km | Jurm, 44 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 14, 2002 23:44 20 years ago | 4.1 219 km | Yamgān, 71 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 14, 2002 00:48 20 years ago | 4.0 178 km | Chitrāl, Pakistan, 74 km SW of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan | More |
| Feb 8, 2002 04:03 20 years ago | 3.4 200 km | Yamgān, 69 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 7, 2002 03:29 20 years ago | 3.9 146 km | Yamgān, 92 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 5, 2002 05:36 20 years ago | 4.4 198 km | Yamgān, 77 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 4, 2002 03:10 20 years ago | 4.2 137 km | Yamgān, 88 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 1, 2002 15:03 20 years ago | 4.1 33 km | Bargi Matal, Nuristan, 89 km N of Āsmār, Bar Kunaṟ, Kunar, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 29, 2002 17:49 20 years ago | 4.8 215 km | Tagāb, Badakhshan, 76 km E of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 19, 2002 04:39 20 years ago | 4.2 225 km | Yamgān, 65 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 15, 2002 14:11 20 years ago | 4.4 213 km | Yamgān, 72 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 13, 2002 13:40 20 years ago | 4.5 228 km | Zebak, 92 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 7, 2002 20:33 20 years ago | 4.0 236 km | Wurduj, 77 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 4, 2002 22:11 20 years ago | 4.4 139 km | Warsaj, 87 km SE of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
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