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Mag. 1.9 quake - Badakhshan, 57 km northwest of Khorugh, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan, on Thursday, May 26, 2022 10:29 pm (GMT +4:30)

Minor magnitude 1.9 earthquake at 10 km depth

26 May 19:06 UTC: First to report: KNDC after 1 hour and 7 minutes.

Earthquake details

Date & time	May 26, 2022 17:59:26 UTC
Local time at epicenter	Thursday, May 26, 2022 10:29 pm (GMT +4:30)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	1.9
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	37.92°N / 71.2°E Shighnan, Badakhshan, Tajikistan
Antipode	37.92°S / 108.8°W
Shaking intensity	Very weak shaking
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	KNDC (Kazakhstan National Data Center)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	4.5 x 10⁷ joules (12.4 kilowatt hours) \| about seismic energy

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Nearby places

Distance	Place	Max. shaking intensity(*)	Region	Country
57 km (35 mi) SE of epicenter	Khorugh (pop: 30,000)	Not felt	Gorno-Badakhshan	Tajikistan
105 km (65 mi) SSW of epicenter	Faizabad (pop: 44,400)	Not felt	Faīẕābād, Badakhshan	Afghanistan
222 km (138 mi) WNW of epicenter	Duschanbe (pop: 679,400)	Not felt	Dushanbe	Tajikistan

Notes:
(*) Shaking intensity according to the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale (MMI) and estimated using seismic models.

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Mag	Depth	Time GMT	Epicenter	Agency
1.9	10 km (6.2 mi) (*)	2022-05-26 17:59:26	AFGHANISTAN-TAJIKISTAN BORDER REGION	KNDC (Kazakhstan National Data Center)

Notes:
(*) A depth given as 10 km often means that the the depth of the quake could not determined with sufficient accuracy.

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Batken, Kyrgyzstan (BTK/KR network) | Distance from quake: 240 km / 149 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Batken, Kyrgyzstan: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.5-10.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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At magnitude 1.9, such a quake wouldn't normally be felt by people, but could be recorded instrumentally.

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