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Light mag. 4.6 earthquake - 86 km southeast of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan, on Saturday, Nov 12, 2022 at 11:38 am (GMT +4:30) -

Light magnitude 4.6 earthquake at 83 km depth

12 Nov 07:21 UTC: First to report: NCS after 13 minutes.
12 Nov 07:53: Now using data updates from USGS

Earthquake details

Date & time	Nov 12, 2022 07:08:11 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Saturday, Nov 12, 2022 at 11:38 am (GMT +4:30)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.6
Depth	83.1 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	36.5274°N / 71.2074°E (Wurduj, Badakhshan, Afghanistan)
Antipode	36.527°S / 108.793°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	34 km (21 mi) WSW of Ashkāsham (Ishkashim) (pop: 12,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 42 km (26 mi) WSW of Ishqoshim (Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan) (pop: 26,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 50 km (31 mi) SE of Jurm (pop: 12,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 86 km (54 mi) SE of Faizabad (pop: 44,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 151 km (94 mi) E of Taloqan (Takhār) (pop: 64,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 243 km (151 mi) NNE of Jalalabad (Nangarhar) (pop: 200,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 289 km (179 mi) NE of Kabul (pop: 3,043,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 309 km (192 mi) SE of Duschanbe (Dushanbe, Tajikistan) (pop: 679,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Overcast Clouds -9.5°C (15 F), humidity: 66%, wind: 2 m/s (4 kts) from NNW
Estimated seismic energy released	5 x 10¹¹ joules (139 megawatt hours, equivalent to 120 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.6	83 km	33 Km WSW of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan	USGS
4.5	94 km	Afghanistan-Tajikistan Border Region	GFZ
4.6	92 km	HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN	EMSC
4.6	83 km	Afghanistan-Tajikistan Border Region	RaspberryShake
4.7	150 km	Afghanistan	NCS
4.6	10 km	Afghanistan-Tajikistan Bord Reg.	IRIS

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Seismic station: Kabul, Afghanistan (KBL/IU network) | Distance from quake: 295 km / 183 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Kabul, Afghanistan: 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: 0.2-10.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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