Light mag. 4.9 earthquake - Yamgān, 75 km south of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan, on Thursday, October 7, 1993 at 17:59 GMT
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Light magnitude 4.9 earthquake at 216 km depth
1 Jan 00:00 UTC: First to report: USGS after 30 seconds.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Oct 7, 1993 17:59:38 UTC |
| Local time at epicenter | |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 4.9 |
| Depth | 216.2 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 36.443°N / 70.628°E  (Yamgān, Badakhshan, Afghanistan) |
| Antipode | 36.443°S / 109.372°W |
| Shaking intensity | Very weak shaking |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 50 km (31 mi) SSW of Jurm (pop: 12,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 70 km (44 mi) E of Farkhār (Farkhar, Takhar) (pop: 10,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 75 km (47 mi) S of Faizabad (pop: 44,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 85 km (53 mi) WSW of Ashkāsham (Ishkashim) (pop: 12,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 93 km (58 mi) WSW of Ishqoshim (Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan) (pop: 26,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 103 km (64 mi) ESE of Taloqan (Takhār) (pop: 64,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 161 km (100 mi) E of Kunduz (pop: 161,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 225 km (140 mi) N of Jalalabad (Nangarhar) (pop: 200,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 250 km (156 mi) NNE of Kabul (pop: 3,043,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 284 km (177 mi) SE of Duschanbe (Dushanbe, Tajikistan) (pop: 679,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 1.4 x 1012 joules (392 megawatt hours, equivalent to 338 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 4.9 | 216 km | Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan | USGS |
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