Light mag. 4.2 earthquake - Zebak, 20 km southwest of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan, on Sunday, December 19, 1993 at 17:53 GMT

Light magnitude 4.2 earthquake at 33 km depth

1 Jan 00:00 UTC: First to report: USGS after 30 seconds.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Dec 19, 1993 17:53:13 UTC
Local time at epicenter
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.2
Depth	33.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	36.532°N / 71.421°E (Zebak, Badakhshan, Afghanistan)
Antipode	36.532°S / 108.579°W
Shaking intensity	Weak shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	20 km (12 mi) SSW of Ashkāsham (Ishkashim) (pop: 12,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 27 km (17 mi) SW of Ishqoshim (Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan) (pop: 26,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 64 km (40 mi) SE of Jurm (pop: 12,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 93 km (58 mi) WSW of Khandūd (pop: 5,520) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 99 km (62 mi) SE of Faizabad (pop: 44,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 170 km (106 mi) E of Taloqan (Takhār) (pop: 64,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 250 km (155 mi) NNE of Jalalabad (Nangarhar) (pop: 200,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 302 km (188 mi) NE of Kabul (pop: 3,043,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 322 km (200 mi) SE of Duschanbe (Dushanbe, Tajikistan) (pop: 679,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	1.3 x 10¹¹ joules (35 megawatt hours, equivalent to 30.1 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.2	33 km	Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan	USGS

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