Light mag. 4.9 earthquake - Yamgān, 91 km southeast of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, January 25, 1994 at 21:31 GMT
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Light magnitude 4.9 earthquake at 223 km depth
1 Jan 00:00 UTC: First to report: USGS after 30 seconds.
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Jan 25, 1994 21:31:48 UTC |
| Local time at epicenter | |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 4.9 |
| Depth | 223.1 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 36.421°N / 71.111°E  (Yamgān, Badakhshan, Afghanistan) |
| Antipode | 36.421°S / 108.889°W |
| Shaking intensity | Very weak shaking |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 48 km (30 mi) SW of Ashkāsham (Ishkashim) (pop: 12,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 55 km (34 mi) SSE of Jurm (pop: 12,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 56 km (35 mi) SW of Ishqoshim (Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan) (pop: 26,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 91 km (56 mi) SSE of Faizabad (pop: 44,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 145 km (90 mi) ESE of Taloqan (Takhār) (pop: 64,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 204 km (127 mi) E of Kunduz (pop: 161,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 230 km (143 mi) NNE of Jalalabad (Nangarhar) (pop: 200,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 274 km (170 mi) NE of Kabul (pop: 3,043,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 313 km (194 mi) SE of Duschanbe (Dushanbe, Tajikistan) (pop: 679,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 348 km (216 mi) NNW of Islamabad (Pakistan) (pop: 601,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 1.4 x 1012 joules (392 megawatt hours, equivalent to 338 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 4.9 | 223 km | Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan | USGS |
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