Light mag. 4.3 earthquake - Jurm, 77 km southeast of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, November 30, 1993 at 07:58 GMT
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Light magnitude 4.3 earthquake at 170 km depth
1 Jan 00:00 UTC: First to report: USGS after 30 seconds.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Nov 30, 1993 07:58:30 UTC |
| Local time at epicenter | |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 4.3 |
| Depth | 169.5 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 36.537°N / 71.05°E  (Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan) |
| Antipode | 36.537°S / 108.95°W |
| Shaking intensity | Very weak shaking |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 41 km (26 mi) SSE of Jurm (pop: 12,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 46 km (29 mi) WSW of Ashkāsham (Ishkashim) (pop: 12,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 54 km (34 mi) WSW of Ishqoshim (Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan) (pop: 26,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 77 km (48 mi) SE of Faizabad (pop: 44,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 127 km (79 mi) ESE of Rustāq (Rustaq, Takhar) (pop: 25,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 137 km (85 mi) E of Taloqan (Takhār) (pop: 64,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 174 km (108 mi) E of Khanabad (Kunduz) (pop: 71,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 197 km (122 mi) E of Kunduz (pop: 161,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 215 km (133 mi) ENE of Baghlan (Wilāyat-e Baghlān) (pop: 108,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 281 km (174 mi) NE of Kabul (pop: 3,043,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 1.8 x 1011 joules (49.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 42.5 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 4.3 | 170 km | Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan | USGS |
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