Light mag. 4.4 earthquake - Yamgān, 59 km south of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan, on Saturday, December 25, 1993 at 10:02 GMT
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Light magnitude 4.4 earthquake at 195 km depth
1 Jan 00:00 UTC: First to report: USGS after 30 seconds.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Dec 25, 1993 10:02:22 UTC |
| Local time at epicenter | |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 4.4 |
| Depth | 195.2 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 36.59°N / 70.613°E  (Yamgān, Badakhshan, Afghanistan) |
| Antipode | 36.59°S / 109.387°W |
| Shaking intensity | Very weak shaking |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 36 km (23 mi) SSW of Jurm (pop: 12,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 59 km (36 mi) S of Faizabad (pop: 44,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 67 km (42 mi) E of Farkhār (Farkhar, Takhar) (pop: 10,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 83 km (51 mi) W of Ashkāsham (Ishkashim) (pop: 12,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 91 km (56 mi) W of Ishqoshim (Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan) (pop: 26,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 92 km (57 mi) SE of Rustāq (Rustaq, Takhar) (pop: 25,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 98 km (61 mi) E of Taloqan (Takhār) (pop: 64,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 134 km (83 mi) E of Khanabad (Kunduz) (pop: 71,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 157 km (98 mi) E of Kunduz (pop: 161,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 264 km (164 mi) NNE of Kabul (pop: 3,043,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 2.5 x 1011 joules (69.8 megawatt hours, equivalent to 60 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 4.4 | 195 km | Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan | USGS |
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