Light mag. 4.5 earthquake - 11 km southeast of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan, on Monday, Sep 13, 2021 at 8:29 pm (GMT +4:30) -
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Light magnitude 4.5 earthquake at 90 km depth
13 Sep 16:05 UTC: First to report: NCS after 6 minutes.
13 Sep 16:11: Magnitude recalculated from 4.3 to 4.5. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 196.6 to 90.0 km (from 122 to 56 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 105 km (65 mi) towards S.
13 Sep 16:11: Magnitude recalculated from 4.3 to 4.5. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 196.6 to 90.0 km (from 122 to 56 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 105 km (65 mi) towards S.
Update Mon, 13 Sep 2021, 16:09
Moderate tremor of magnitude 4.3 just reported 96 km north of Faizabad, Afghanistan4.3 quake 13 Sep 8:29 pm (GMT +4:30)
Just 10 minutes ago, a 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck near Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan. The tremor was recorded early evening on Monday, September 13th, 2021, at 7:59 pm local time, at an intermediate to considerable depth of 196.6 km below the surface.
The event was filed by India's National Center for Seismology (NCS), the first seismological agency to report it.
According to preliminary calculations, we do not expect that the quake was felt by many people and did not cause any damage. In Leningrad (pop. 12,000, 63 km away), Kŭlob (pop. 78,800, 83 km away), Faizabad (pop. 44,400, 96 km away), Hulbuk (pop. 21,700, 97 km away), and Chubek (pop. 19,600, 98 km away), the quake was probably not felt.
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The event was filed by India's National Center for Seismology (NCS), the first seismological agency to report it.
According to preliminary calculations, we do not expect that the quake was felt by many people and did not cause any damage. In Leningrad (pop. 12,000, 63 km away), Kŭlob (pop. 78,800, 83 km away), Faizabad (pop. 44,400, 96 km away), Hulbuk (pop. 21,700, 97 km away), and Chubek (pop. 19,600, 98 km away), the quake was probably not felt.
VolcanoDiscovery will automatically update magnitude and depth if these change and follow up if other significant news about the quake become available. If you're in the area, please send us your experience through our reporting mechanism, either online or via our mobile app. This will help us provide more first-hand updates to anyone around the globe who wants to know more about this quake.
Earthquake data
Earthquake details
| Date & time | Sep 13, 2021 15:59:28 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Monday, Sep 13, 2021 at 8:29 pm (GMT +4:30) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 4.5 |
| Depth | 90.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 37.03°N / 70.64°E  (Argō, Badakhshan, Afghanistan) |
| Antipode | 37.03°S / 109.36°W |
| Shaking intensity | Weak shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | NCS (National Center for Seismology) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 11 km (7 mi) SSE of Faizabad (pop: 44,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 25 km (16 mi) NW of Jurm (pop: 12,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 73 km (45 mi) E of Rustāq (Rustaq, Takhar) (pop: 25,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 86 km (54 mi) NE of Farkhār (Farkhar, Takhar) (pop: 10,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 88 km (55 mi) WNW of Ashkāsham (Ishkashim) (pop: 12,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 93 km (58 mi) WNW of Ishqoshim (Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan) (pop: 26,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 104 km (64 mi) ENE of Taloqan (Takhār) (pop: 64,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 162 km (101 mi) ENE of Kunduz (pop: 161,900) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 234 km (145 mi) SE of Duschanbe (Dushanbe, Tajikistan) (pop: 679,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 308 km (191 mi) NNE of Kabul (pop: 3,043,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Clear Sky  3.8°C (39 F), humidity: 42%, wind: 1 m/s (1 kts) from SW |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 3.5 x 1011 joules (98.6 megawatt hours, equivalent to 84.8 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies
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| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 4.5 | 90 km | Afghanistan | NCS |
| 4.3 | 106 km | Afghanistan: 21 Km SSW of Khorugh, Tajikistan | USGS |
| 4.3 | 100 km | HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN | EMSC |
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