Strong mag. 6.5 earthquake - Zebak, 96 km southeast of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan, on Monday, December 12, 2005 at 21:47 GMT
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Strong magnitude 6.5 earthquake at 225 km depth
1 Jan 00:00 UTC: First to report: USGS after 30 seconds.
Magnitude: 6.5
Depth: 224.6 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 36.357°N / 71.093°E
(Zebak, Badakhshan, Afghanistan)Antipode: 36.357°S / 108.907°W
Nearby towns and cities:
54 km (33 mi) SW of Ashkāsham (Ishkashim) (pop: 12,100) --> See nearby quakes!
61 km (38 mi) SSE of Jurm (pop: 12,100) --> See nearby quakes!
62 km (38 mi) SW of Ishqoshim (Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan) (pop: 26,000) --> See nearby quakes!
96 km (60 mi) SSE of Faizabad (pop: 44,400) --> See nearby quakes!
146 km (90 mi) ESE of Taloqan (Takhār) (pop: 64,300) --> See nearby quakes!
181 km (112 mi) E of Khanabad (Kunduz) (pop: 71,500) --> See nearby quakes!
268 km (166 mi) NE of Kabul (pop: 3,043,500) --> See nearby quakes!
317 km (197 mi) SE of Duschanbe (Dushanbe, Tajikistan) (pop: 679,400) --> See nearby quakes!
343 km (213 mi) NNW of Islamabad (Pakistan) (pop: 601,600) --> See nearby quakes!
358 km (222 mi) E of Mazar-i-Sharif (Balkh) (pop: 303,300) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Estimated released energy: 3.5 x 1014 joules (98.6 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 84802 tons of TNT or 5.3 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 6.5 | 225 km | Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan | USGS |
User reports for this quake
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Aftershocks
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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (105 quakes)
Date and time | Mag Depth | Location | Details |
| Jun 6, 2006 21:12 16 years ago | 4.3 172 km | Yamgān, 48 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jun 6, 2006 12:27 16 years ago | 4.0 48 km | Warsaj, 90 km SE of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Jun 6, 2006 06:42 16 years ago | 4.4 198 km | Yamgān, 79 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jun 4, 2006 05:57 16 years ago | 4.4 204 km | Tagāb, 71 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jun 2, 2006 16:05 16 years ago | 4.3 215 km | Yamgān, 73 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 27, 2006 08:12 16 years ago | 3.2 20 km | Bargi Matal, Nuristan, 96 km N of Assad-Abad, Asadābād, Kunar, Afghanistan | More |
| May 23, 2006 22:10 16 years ago | 4.4 222 km | 39 km SE of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 23, 2006 17:06 16 years ago | 3.2 94 km | Zebak, 97 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 18, 2006 12:40 16 years ago | 4.0 74 km | Chitrāl, Pakistan, 55 km S of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan | More |
| May 17, 2006 01:23 16 years ago | 4.2 206 km | Yamgān, 43 km SE of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 15, 2006 03:20 16 years ago | 3.8 84 km | Chitrāl, Pakistan, 49 km S of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan | More |
| May 12, 2006 18:35 16 years ago | 3.9 120 km | Yamgān, 87 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 11, 2006 22:55 16 years ago | 3.3 80 km | Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, 96 km N of Āsmār, Bar Kunaṟ, Kunar, Afghanistan | More |
| May 11, 2006 09:23 16 years ago | 4.4 161 km | Yamgān, 64 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 11, 2006 02:37 16 years ago | 4.1 219 km | Tagāb, Badakhshan, 75 km SE of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| May 10, 2006 14:16 16 years ago | 3.8 123 km | Kuran Wa Munjan, 103 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 6, 2006 19:24 16 years ago | 4.1 124 km | 3.5 km NW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 5, 2006 16:33 16 years ago | 3.2 80 km | Zebak, 62 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 3, 2006 01:44 16 years ago | 3.6 71 km | Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, 32 km N of Pārūn, Nuristan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 3, 2006 01:10 16 years ago | 3.3 65 km | Shuhadā, 58 km E of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 30, 2006 01:43 16 years ago | 3.7 107 km | Chitrāl, Pakistan, 59 km S of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan | More |
| Apr 28, 2006 05:00 16 years ago | 3.5 84 km | Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, 114 km N of Assad-Abad, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 25, 2006 11:48 16 years ago | 3.7 117 km | 17 km E of Ishqoshim, Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan | More |
| Apr 24, 2006 16:43 16 years ago | 4.3 121 km | 51 km N of Ishqoshim, Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan | More |
| Apr 22, 2006 05:17 16 years ago | 3.9 186 km | Warsaj, 89 km SE of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 20, 2006 18:41 16 years ago | 3.8 146 km | Zebak, 20 km W of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 18, 2006 13:01 16 years ago | 4.5 75 km | Chitrāl, Pakistan, 46 km S of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan | More |
| Apr 17, 2006 22:11 16 years ago | 3.4 261 km | Ishkāshim, 70 km E of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 14, 2006 13:11 16 years ago | 3.3 187 km | Zebak, 96 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 13, 2006 23:40 16 years ago | 3.6 178 km | Zebak, 65 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 10, 2006 20:11 16 years ago | 4.3 187 km | 40 km SE of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 9, 2006 00:05 16 years ago | 4.1 150 km | Yamgān, 58 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 8, 2006 23:13 16 years ago | 3.9 186 km | Wurduj, 38 km SE of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 8, 2006 02:16 16 years ago | 3.7 179 km | 39 km SE of Farkhār, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 7, 2006 16:25 16 years ago | 3.7 191 km | Yamgān, 49 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 7, 2006 16:03 16 years ago | 4.2 193 km | 6.1 km W of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 7, 2006 08:36 16 years ago | 4.4 134 km | 36 km NE of Ishqoshim, Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan | More |
| Apr 6, 2006 14:10 16 years ago | 4.1 181 km | Zebak, 59 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 1, 2006 00:08 16 years ago | 4.4 219 km | Tagāb, 78 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 29, 2006 21:36 16 years ago | 3.4 211 km | Yamgān, 79 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 25, 2006 21:14 16 years ago | 4.3 227 km | Jurm, 63 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 23, 2006 13:43 16 years ago | 4.3 104 km | Chitrāl, Pakistan, 42 km S of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan | More |
| Mar 22, 2006 19:05 16 years ago | 4.4 213 km | Wurduj, 30 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 22, 2006 00:02 16 years ago | 3.4 115 km | 52 km N of Ishqoshim, Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan | More |
| Mar 20, 2006 17:39 16 years ago | 4.3 169 km | Yamgān, 45 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 20, 2006 04:33 16 years ago | 4.4 73 km | Chitrāl, Pakistan, 36 km S of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan | More |
| Mar 16, 2006 23:02 16 years ago | 3.4 35 km | Chitrāl, 82 km NW of Thal, Dīr District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan | More |
| Mar 13, 2006 10:05 16 years ago | 4.8 170 km | Tagāb, Badakhshan, 61 km SE of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 12, 2006 17:06 16 years ago | 3.9 170 km | Zebak, 21 km S of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 10, 2006 04:43 16 years ago | 3.6 200 km | Zebak, 56 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 9, 2006 23:57 16 years ago | 3.9 112 km | Zebak, 35 km S of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 7, 2006 13:58 16 years ago | 4.6 177 km | Yamgān, 79 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 3, 2006 13:31 16 years ago | 4.0 87 km | 10.4 km NE of Ishqoshim, Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan | More |
| Mar 3, 2006 01:08 16 years ago | 4.3 257 km | Yamgān, 51 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 27, 2006 18:39 16 years ago | 4.4 151 km | Wurduj, 25 km W of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 26, 2006 04:35 16 years ago | 4.0 181 km | Warsaj, 87 km SE of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 25, 2006 12:55 16 years ago | 3.8 189 km | Kuran Wa Munjan, 96 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 24, 2006 18:42 16 years ago | 4.4 167 km | Warsaj, 74 km SE of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 23, 2006 05:03 16 years ago | 3.9 10 km | Chitrāl, Pakistan, 59 km S of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan | More |
| Feb 21, 2006 22:29 16 years ago | 4.4 205 km | Zebak, 34 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 21, 2006 14:27 16 years ago | 4.1 104 km | Warsaj, 91 km SE of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 20, 2006 04:05 16 years ago | 3.5 10 km | Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, 108 km NE of Bāzārak, Panjshir, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 19, 2006 21:30 16 years ago | 3.4 78 km | Zebak, 16 km W of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 19, 2006 10:39 16 years ago | 4.1 111 km | Zebak, 38 km S of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 19, 2006 00:43 16 years ago | 3.5 174 km | Kuran Wa Munjan, 116 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 17, 2006 07:46 16 years ago | 3.4 83 km | Kuran Wa Munjan, 95 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 13, 2006 21:46 16 years ago | 4.3 10 km | Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, 99 km NE of Bāzārak, Panjshir, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 12, 2006 16:49 16 years ago | 4.4 189 km | Yamgān, 48 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 11, 2006 16:15 16 years ago | 4.2 121 km | Zebak, 55 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 10, 2006 14:58 16 years ago | 3.5 209 km | Zebak, 24 km S of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 9, 2006 03:23 16 years ago | 3.7 195 km | Yamgān, 92 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 6, 2006 11:17 16 years ago | 4.3 116 km | Zebak, 70 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 5, 2006 06:37 16 years ago | 4.4 10 km | Kuran Wa Munjan, 72 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 3, 2006 01:04 16 years ago | 3.5 115 km | 34 km N of Ishqoshim, Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan | More |
| Feb 1, 2006 08:23 16 years ago | 4.0 63 km | 37 km N of Ishqoshim, Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan | More |
| Jan 31, 2006 01:34 16 years ago | 4.0 129 km | Kuran Wa Munjan, 91 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 27, 2006 19:58 16 years ago | 3.7 121 km | Zebak, 40 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 26, 2006 20:50 16 years ago | 4.3 70 km | Ishkāshim, Afghanistan, 38 km NW of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan | More |
| Jan 26, 2006 15:04 16 years ago | 3.1 44 km | Yamgān, 36 km SW of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 25, 2006 11:24 16 years ago | 4.0 237 km | 41 km SE of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 24, 2006 22:32 16 years ago | 3.7 104 km | Warsaj, 102 km SE of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 23, 2006 20:47 16 years ago | 3.3 77 km | Zebak, 62 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 23, 2006 02:04 16 years ago | 4.2 240 km | Zebak, 40 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 21, 2006 20:30 16 years ago | 3.4 35 km | Kuran Wa Munjan, 108 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 18, 2006 11:00 16 years ago | 4.1 57 km | Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, 122 km NE of Bāzārak, Panjshir, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 18, 2006 09:38 16 years ago | 4.8 209 km | Yamgān, 88 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 15, 2006 22:12 16 years ago | 3.5 148 km | 47 km N of Ishqoshim, Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan | More |
| Jan 10, 2006 14:10 16 years ago | 3.8 60 km | Wurduj, 39 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 9, 2006 21:34 16 years ago | 4.4 188 km | Zebak, 98 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 7, 2006 05:13 16 years ago | 4.1 195 km | Warsaj, 88 km SE of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 7, 2006 04:24 16 years ago | 3.9 85 km | Parīān, 88 km NE of Bāzārak, Panjshir, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 2, 2006 21:38 16 years ago | 4.5 117 km | Warsaj, 84 km SE of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 1, 2006 18:35 16 years ago | 4.5 102 km | Chitrāl, Pakistan, 43 km S of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan | More |
| Jan 1, 2006 09:18 16 years ago | 3.7 106 km | Zebak, 48 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Dec 30, 2005 19:31 16 years ago | 3.8 186 km | Zebak, 54 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Dec 30, 2005 15:18 16 years ago | 4.5 224 km | Wurduj, 69 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Dec 30, 2005 11:13 16 years ago | 4.5 193 km | 42 km SE of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Dec 28, 2005 17:23 16 years ago | 4.1 10 km | Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, 55 km N of Pārūn, Nuristan, Afghanistan | More |
| Dec 27, 2005 16:56 16 years ago | 4.7 204 km | Yamgān, 73 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Dec 26, 2005 23:32 16 years ago | 4.0 227 km | Wurduj, 31 km W of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Dec 25, 2005 17:30 16 years ago | 4.4 74 km | Zebak, 39 km S of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Dec 25, 2005 12:57 16 years ago | 3.9 35 km | Kuran Wa Munjan, 97 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Dec 19, 2005 12:15 16 years ago | 4.3 197 km | 21 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Dec 18, 2005 15:44 16 years ago | 3.9 51 km | Kishim, Badakhshan, 49 km E of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Dec 13, 2005 14:20 16 years ago | 3.4 35 km | Mandōl, Nuristan, 83 km NE of Bāzārak, Panjshir, Afghanistan | More |
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