Strong mag. 6.6 earthquake - Yamgān, 50 km south of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan, on Saturday, January 3, 2009 at 20:23 GMT
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Strong magnitude 6.6 earthquake at 205 km depth
1 Jan 00:00 UTC: First to report: USGS after 30 seconds.
Magnitude: 6.6
Depth: 204.8 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 36.419°N / 70.743°E
(Yamgān, Badakhshan, Afghanistan)Antipode: 36.419°S / 109.257°W
Nearby towns and cities:
50 km (31 mi) S of Jurm (pop: 12,100) --> See nearby quakes!
76 km (48 mi) WSW of Ashkāsham (Ishkashim) (pop: 12,100) --> See nearby quakes!
79 km (49 mi) S of Faizabad (pop: 44,400) --> See nearby quakes!
81 km (50 mi) E of Farkhār (Farkhar, Takhar) (pop: 10,500) --> See nearby quakes!
85 km (53 mi) WSW of Ishqoshim (Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan) (pop: 26,000) --> See nearby quakes!
114 km (71 mi) ESE of Taloqan (Takhār) (pop: 64,300) --> See nearby quakes!
254 km (158 mi) NNE of Kabul (pop: 3,043,500) --> See nearby quakes!
292 km (182 mi) SE of Duschanbe (Dushanbe, Tajikistan) (pop: 679,400) --> See nearby quakes!
326 km (203 mi) E of Mazar-i-Sharif (Balkh) (pop: 303,300) --> See nearby quakes!
366 km (227 mi) NW of Islamabad (Pakistan) (pop: 601,600) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Estimated released energy: 5 x 1014 joules (139 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 1.2 x 105 tons of TNT or 7.5 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 6.6 | 205 km | Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan | USGS |
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Aftershocks
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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (29 quakes)
Date and time | Mag Depth | Location | Details |
| Jun 30, 2009 04:51 13 years ago | 4.4 129 km | Zebak, 20 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jun 21, 2009 13:46 13 years ago | 4.4 192 km | Yamgān, 40 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jun 6, 2009 02:17 13 years ago | 4.4 131 km | 27 km S of Farkhār, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Jun 4, 2009 23:29 13 years ago | 4.3 91 km | Shuhadā, 58 km E of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 17, 2009 11:57 13 years ago | 4.6 238 km | 32 km SE of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 5, 2009 17:26 13 years ago | 4.3 233 km | Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 29, 2009 20:10 13 years ago | 4.7 222 km | Yamgān, 32 km SE of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 29, 2009 04:42 13 years ago | 4.7 96 km | Chitrāl, Pakistan, 81 km SW of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan | More |
| Apr 9, 2009 16:34 13 years ago | 4.6 184 km | Yamgān, 41 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 6, 2009 18:11 13 years ago | 4.7 108 km | Zebak, 59 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 24, 2009 09:03 13 years ago | 4.7 153 km | Zebak, 15 km S of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 21, 2009 07:38 13 years ago | 4.3 123 km | Kuran Wa Munjan, 72 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 13, 2009 20:42 13 years ago | 4.3 213 km | Zebak, 38 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 10, 2009 15:50 13 years ago | 4.6 150 km | Zebak, 48 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 18, 2009 02:49 13 years ago | 4.3 93 km | Wurduj, 26 km W of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 17, 2009 16:39 13 years ago | 4.6 224 km | Wurduj, 36 km SE of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 11, 2009 20:47 13 years ago | 4.9 75 km | Yamgān, 31 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 6, 2009 17:11 13 years ago | 4.5 217 km | Yamgān, 33 km SE of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 29, 2009 13:29 13 years ago | 4.7 111 km | Zebak, 63 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 25, 2009 19:13 13 years ago | 4.8 117 km | Tajikistan | More |
| Jan 24, 2009 19:19 13 years ago | 4.2 188 km | Tagāb, Badakhshan, 40 km E of Farkhār, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 23, 2009 18:40 13 years ago | 4.6 195 km | Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 20, 2009 09:26 13 years ago | 5.2 92 km | Warsaj, Takhar, 72 km NE of Bāzārak, Panjshir, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 19, 2009 10:06 13 years ago | 4.9 206 km | Tagāb, Badakhshan, 50 km E of Farkhār, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 17, 2009 23:18 13 years ago | 4.9 86 km | Warsaj, Takhar, 78 km NE of Bāzārak, Panjshir, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 16, 2009 04:03 13 years ago | 4.4 125 km | Zebak, 65 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 14, 2009 22:04 13 years ago | 4.1 215 km | Tagāb, Badakhshan, 29 km SE of Farkhār, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 7, 2009 03:58 13 years ago | 4.0 101 km | Afghanistan-Tajikistan-Pakistan Region | More |
| Jan 4, 2009 23:12 13 years ago | 5.7 187 km | Yamgān, 47 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
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