Light mag. 4.6 earthquake - Yamgān, 77 km south of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan, on Thursday, November 25, 1993 at 13:15 GMT
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Light magnitude 4.6 earthquake at 195 km depth
1 Jan 00:00 UTC: First to report: USGS after 30 seconds.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Nov 25, 1993 13:15:43 UTC |
| Local time at epicenter | |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 4.6 |
| Depth | 194.9 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 36.441°N / 70.78°E  (Yamgān, Badakhshan, Afghanistan) |
| Antipode | 36.441°S / 109.22°W |
| Shaking intensity | Very weak shaking |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 47 km (29 mi) S of Jurm (pop: 12,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 72 km (45 mi) WSW of Ashkāsham (Ishkashim) (pop: 12,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 77 km (48 mi) SSE of Faizabad (pop: 44,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 81 km (50 mi) WSW of Ishqoshim (Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan) (pop: 26,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 84 km (52 mi) E of Farkhār (Farkhar, Takhar) (pop: 10,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 116 km (72 mi) ESE of Taloqan (Takhār) (pop: 64,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 175 km (109 mi) E of Kunduz (pop: 161,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 226 km (140 mi) N of Jalalabad (Nangarhar) (pop: 200,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 258 km (160 mi) NNE of Kabul (pop: 3,043,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 292 km (182 mi) SE of Duschanbe (Dushanbe, Tajikistan) (pop: 679,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 5 x 1011 joules (139 megawatt hours, equivalent to 120 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 4.6 | 195 km | Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan | USGS |
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