Light mag. 4.1 earthquake - 12 km north of Ishqoshim, Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan, on Wednesday, October 20, 1993 at 10:11 GMT
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Light magnitude 4.1 earthquake at 33 km depth
1 Jan 00:00 UTC: First to report: USGS after 30 seconds.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Oct 20, 1993 10:11:03 UTC |
| Local time at epicenter | |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 4.1 |
| Depth | 33.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 36.827°N / 71.651°E  (Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan) |
| Antipode | 36.827°S / 108.349°W |
| Shaking intensity | Weak shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 12 km (7 mi) NNE of Ishqoshim (Ishkoshim) (pop: 26,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 19 km (12 mi) NNE of Ashkāsham (Ishkashim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan) (pop: 12,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 61 km (38 mi) WSW of Khandūd (Badakhshan, Afghanistan) (pop: 5,520) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 73 km (45 mi) E of Jurm (Badakhshan, Afghanistan) (pop: 12,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 100 km (62 mi) ESE of Faizabad (Badakhshan, Afghanistan) (pop: 44,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 193 km (120 mi) ESE of Chubek (Hamadoni, Khatlon) (pop: 19,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 205 km (127 mi) SE of Kŭlob (Khatlon) (pop: 78,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 278 km (173 mi) ESE of Kurgan-Tyube (Khatlon) (pop: 65,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 316 km (197 mi) SE of Duschanbe (Dushanbe) (pop: 679,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 340 km (211 mi) NE of Kabul (Afghanistan) (pop: 3,043,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 8.9 x 1010 joules (24.8 megawatt hours, equivalent to 21.3 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 4.1 | 33 km | Tajikistan | USGS |
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