Minor mag. 3.8 earthquake - Wurduj, 19 km east of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan, on Friday, December 17, 1993 at 21:07 GMT
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Minor magnitude 3.8 earthquake at 150 km depth
1 Jan 00:00 UTC: First to report: USGS after 30 seconds.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Dec 17, 1993 21:07:19 UTC |
| Local time at epicenter | |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 3.8 |
| Depth | 150.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 36.845°N / 71.041°E  (Wurduj, Badakhshan, Afghanistan) |
| Antipode | 36.845°S / 108.959°W |
| Shaking intensity | Not felt |
| Primary data source | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 19 km (12 mi) E of Jurm (pop: 12,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 47 km (29 mi) WNW of Ashkāsham (Ishkashim) (pop: 12,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 51 km (32 mi) SE of Faizabad (pop: 44,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 53 km (33 mi) WNW of Ishqoshim (Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan) (pop: 26,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 112 km (70 mi) ESE of Rustāq (Rustaq, Takhar) (pop: 25,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 135 km (84 mi) E of Taloqan (Takhār) (pop: 64,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 141 km (88 mi) E of Ārt Khwājah (Khwaja Ghar, Takhar) (pop: 18,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 173 km (107 mi) E of Khanabad (Kunduz) (pop: 71,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 195 km (121 mi) E of Kunduz (pop: 161,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 308 km (191 mi) NNE of Kabul (pop: 3,043,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 3.2 x 1010 joules (8.78 megawatt hours, equivalent to 7.56 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 3.8 | 150 km | Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan | USGS |
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