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Light mag. 4.3 earthquake - Badakhshan, Afghanistan, 95 km southwest of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan, on Thursday, Dec 8, 2022 at 12:25 am (GMT +5) -

Light magnitude 4.3 earthquake at 130 km depth

7 Dec 19:29 UTC: First to report: NCS after 4 minutes.
7 Dec 19:39: Magnitude recalculated from 4.8 to 4.3. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 30.2 to 130.0 km (from 18.8 to 81 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 173 km (108 mi) towards SW.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Dec 7, 2022 19:25:45 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Thursday, Dec 8, 2022 at 12:25 am (GMT +5)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.3
Depth	130.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	36.02°N / 71.02°E (Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, Afghanistan)
Antipode	36.02°S / 108.98°W
Shaking intensity	Very weak shaking
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	NCS (National Center for Seismology)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	67 km (42 mi) N of Pārūn (Wama, Nuristan) (pop: 1000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 87 km (54 mi) SSW of Ashkāsham (Ishkashim) (pop: 12,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 95 km (59 mi) SW of Ishqoshim (Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan) (pop: 26,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 95 km (59 mi) S of Jurm (pop: 12,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 128 km (80 mi) SSE of Faizabad (pop: 44,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 185 km (115 mi) NNE of Jalalabad (Nangarhar) (pop: 200,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 236 km (147 mi) NE of Kabul (pop: 3,043,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Overcast Clouds -17.3°C (1 F), humidity: 82%, wind: 2 m/s (4 kts) from SSE
Estimated seismic energy released	1.8 x 10¹¹ joules (49.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 42.5 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.3	130 km	Afghanistan	NCS
3.3	10 km	AFGHANISTAN-TAJIKISTAN BORDER REGION	KNDC

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Kabul, Afghanistan (KBL/IU network) | Distance from quake: 243 km / 151 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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Earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900

Date and time GMT	Mag Depth	Distance	Location	Details
Nov 15, 1921 20:36 101 years ago	7.8 240 km	34km / 21mi	Kuran Wa Munjan, 102 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Jul 7, 1909 21:37 114 years ago	7.7 200 km	99km / 61mi	Mandōl, Nuristan, 67 km E of Bāzārak, Panjshir, Afghanistan	More
Oct 8, 2005 03:50 17 years ago	7.6 26 km	285km / 177mi	22 km NE of Muzaffarabad, Muzaffarābād, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan	More
Oct 26, 2015 09:09 7 years ago	7.5 212 km	45km / 28mi	52 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Mar 4, 1949 10:19 74 years ago	7.5 229 km	67km / 42mi	Yamgān, 36 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Mar 3, 2002 12:08 21 years ago	7.4 226 km	72km / 45mi	Tagāb, 69 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Jul 29, 1985 07:54 38 years ago	7.4 99 km	22km / 14mi	Kuran Wa Munjan, 107 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Dec 30, 1983 23:52 39 years ago	7.4 215 km	47km / 29mi	Yamgān, 84 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Mar 14, 1965 15:53 58 years ago	7.4 208 km	50km / 31mi	Yamgān, 52 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Dec 7, 2015 07:50 7 years ago	7.2 11 km	289km / 179mi	Gorno-Badakhshan, 365 km E of Duschanbe, Dushanbe, Tajikistan	More
Aug 9, 1993 12:42 30 years ago	7.0 215 km	42km / 26mi	Yamgān, 86 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Jan 31, 1991 23:03 32 years ago	6.9 142 km	54km / 33mi	Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, 140 km SE of Khanabad, Afghanistan	More
Jul 14, 1991 09:09 32 years ago	6.7 213 km	36km / 22mi	Zebak, 99 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Jul 6, 1962 23:05 61 years ago	6.7 216 km	73km / 45mi	Tagāb, Badakhshan, 51 km E of Farkhār, Takhar, Afghanistan	More
Apr 10, 2016 10:28 7 years ago	6.6 210 km	52km / 32mi	37 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Jan 3, 2009 20:23 14 years ago	6.6 205 km	51km / 32mi	Yamgān, 50 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Apr 5, 2004 21:24 19 years ago	6.6 187 km	55km / 34mi	Yamgān, 78 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
May 30, 1998 06:22 25 years ago	6.6 33 km	146km / 90mi	Shahr-e Buzurg, Badakhshan, 25 km E of Rustāq, Rustaq, Takhar, Afghanistan	More
Dec 16, 1982 00:40 40 years ago	6.6 36 km	181km / 113mi	Nahrīn, 27 km E of Baghlan, Baghlān-e Jadīd, Baghlan, Afghanistan	More
Jun 6, 1966 07:46 57 years ago	6.6 216 km	48km / 30mi	Zebak, 40 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Jan 28, 1964 14:09 59 years ago	6.6 196 km	52km / 32mi	Yamgān, 44 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Dec 12, 2005 21:47 17 years ago	6.5 225 km	38km / 24mi	Zebak, 96 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Nov 8, 1999 16:45 23 years ago	6.5 228 km	59km / 37mi	Zebak, 88 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
May 13, 1997 14:13 26 years ago	6.5 196 km	44km / 27mi	Yamgān, 85 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Jul 30, 1974 05:12 49 years ago	6.5 211 km	44km / 27mi	Yamgān, 86 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Sep 16, 1956 08:37 66 years ago	6.5 10 km	257km / 159mi	Jājī, Paktya Province, 20 km S of Hazro, Azrah, Logar, Afghanistan	More
Oct 8, 2005 10:46 17 years ago	6.4 8 km	237km / 147mi	9.4 km NE of Battagram, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan	More
Feb 20, 1998 12:18 25 years ago	6.4 236 km	51km / 32mi	Yamgān, 84 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Aug 9, 1993 11:38 30 years ago	6.4 204 km	54km / 34mi	Yamgān, 77 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Jul 13, 1990 14:20 33 years ago	6.4 217 km	49km / 30mi	Yamgān, 80 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Aug 2, 1985 07:46 38 years ago	6.4 120 km	28km / 17mi	Kuran Wa Munjan, 106 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Feb 16, 1984 17:18 39 years ago	6.4 208 km	49km / 30mi	Yamgān, 79 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Dec 25, 2015 19:14 7 years ago	6.3 204 km	50km / 31mi	41 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Sep 17, 2010 19:21 12 years ago	6.3 220 km	52km / 32mi	Yamgān, 47 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Jul 17, 2000 22:53 23 years ago	6.3 141 km	30km / 19mi	Kuran Wa Munjan, 98 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
May 12, 2000 23:10 23 years ago	6.3 108 km	33km / 21mi	Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, 127 km NE of Bāzārak, Panjshir, Afghanistan	More
Dec 17, 1997 05:51 25 years ago	6.3 207 km	46km / 29mi	Yamgān, 83 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Oct 18, 1995 09:30 27 years ago	6.3 223 km	73km / 45mi	Tagāb, Badakhshan, 83 km SE of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan	More
Jun 30, 1994 09:23 29 years ago	6.3 227 km	35km / 22mi	Zebak, 101 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Sep 18, 1993 05:02 29 years ago	6.3 113 km	68km / 42mi	Chitrāl, Pakistan, 34 km S of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan	More
Mar 25, 1990 14:17 33 years ago	6.3 33 km	205km / 128mi	56 km E of Khandūd, Wākhān, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Feb 5, 1990 05:16 33 years ago	6.3 110 km	116km / 72mi	Shuhadā, 60 km E of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Aug 6, 1988 09:03 35 years ago	6.3 195 km	49km / 31mi	Yamgān, 84 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
May 2, 1981 16:04 42 years ago	6.3 229 km	38km / 23mi	Zebak, 96 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Jun 24, 1972 15:29 51 years ago	6.3 24 km	124km / 77mi	Guz̄argāh-e Nūr, 89 km E of Baghlan, Baghlān-e Jadīd, Baghlan, Afghanistan	More
Sep 12, 1962 20:57 60 years ago	6.3 35 km	186km / 116mi	Būrkah, 33 km NE of Baghlan, Baghlān-e Jadīd, Baghlan, Afghanistan	More
Mar 6, 1955 20:55 68 years ago	6.3 125 km	279km / 173mi	Gorno-Badakhshan, 353 km E of Duschanbe, Dushanbe, Tajikistan	More
May 9, 2018 10:41 5 years ago	6.2 103 km	114km / 71mi	82 km E of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Oct 29, 2009 17:44 13 years ago	6.2 210 km	49km / 31mi	Yamgān, 54 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Oct 22, 2009 19:51 13 years ago	6.2 186 km	56km / 35mi	Yamgān, 40 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Apr 3, 2007 03:35 16 years ago	6.2 222 km	56km / 35mi	Yamgān, 75 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Jan 3, 2002 07:05 21 years ago	6.2 129 km	31km / 19mi	Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, 126 km SE of Taloqan, Afghanistan	More
Feb 25, 2001 02:21 22 years ago	6.2 203 km	47km / 29mi	Yamgān, 82 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Mar 5, 1990 20:47 33 years ago	6.2 12 km	204km / 127mi	63 km E of Khandūd, Wākhān, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
May 5, 1987 15:40 36 years ago	6.2 202 km	60km / 37mi	Yamgān, 71 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Sep 12, 1983 15:42 39 years ago	6.2 209 km	54km / 33mi	Yamgān, 82 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Sep 12, 1981 07:15 41 years ago	6.2 33 km	235km / 146mi	Diamer, 60 km NW of Lulu sard Island, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan	More
Dec 28, 1974 12:11 48 years ago	6.2 22 km	199km / 124mi	Lower Kohistan District, 44 km N of Battagram, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan	More
Sep 3, 1972 16:48 50 years ago	6.2 30 km	216km / 134mi	Ghizer District, 89 km NW of Lulu sard Island, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan	More
Jan 20, 1972 11:36 51 years ago	6.2 212 km	43km / 27mi	Yamgān, 86 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Mar 5, 1969 19:33 54 years ago	6.2 206 km	48km / 30mi	Yamgān, 53 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Feb 2, 2019 12:04 4 years ago	6.1 212 km	61km / 38mi	42 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Jan 31, 2018 07:07 5 years ago	6.1 187 km	59km / 36mi	37 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Mar 25, 2002 14:56 21 years ago	6.1 8 km	153km / 95mi	Khwājah Hijrān, 16 km E of Nahrin, Nahrain, Baghlan, Afghanistan	More
Nov 23, 2001 20:43 21 years ago	6.1 107 km	60km / 37mi	Zebak, 32 km S of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Oct 3, 1987 11:00 35 years ago	6.1 95 km	61km / 38mi	Zebak, 27 km S of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Feb 1, 1984 14:22 39 years ago	6.1 33 km	164km / 102mi	Qarghah’ī, Laghman, 21 km N of Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan	More
Jan 27, 1984 13:01 39 years ago	6.1 172 km	41km / 26mi	Yamgān, 90 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Aug 20, 1979 03:50 43 years ago	6.1 229 km	94km / 59mi	Tagāb, Badakhshan, 61 km SE of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan	More
Nov 24, 1969 17:23 53 years ago	6.1 115 km	135km / 84mi	44 km N of Ishqoshim, Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan	More
Sep 2, 1957 21:27 65 years ago	6.1 212 km	47km / 29mi	Zebak, 43 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Dec 20, 2019 11:39 3 years ago	6.0 204 km	72km / 44mi	44 km SW of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Jan 25, 1967 01:50 56 years ago	6.0 273 km	94km / 59mi	1.5 km SE of Ishqoshim, Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan	More
Feb 2, 1965 15:56 58 years ago	6.0 15 km	260km / 161mi	Gorno-Badakhshan, 408 km E of Duschanbe, Dushanbe, Tajikistan	More
Aug 10, 2015 10:05 7 years ago	5.9 225 km	54km / 34mi	34 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
May 14, 2011 21:07 12 years ago	5.9 207 km	50km / 31mi	Yamgān, 51 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Mar 29, 2003 11:46 20 years ago	5.9 114 km	39km / 25mi	Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, 122 km NE of Bāzārak, Panjshir, Afghanistan	More
Apr 12, 2002 04:00 21 years ago	5.9 10 km	144km / 90mi	Khōst wa Firing, 67 km E of Baghlan, Baghlān-e Jadīd, Baghlan, Afghanistan	More
Mar 21, 1998 18:22 25 years ago	5.9 228 km	92km / 57mi	Tagāb, Badakhshan, 95 km E of Khanabad, Khan Abad, Kunduz, Afghanistan	More
Feb 4, 1998 14:33 25 years ago	5.9 33 km	144km / 89mi	Rustāq, 24 km E of Rustāq, Rustaq, Takhar, Afghanistan	More
Sep 14, 1996 08:01 26 years ago	5.9 120 km	28km / 18mi	Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, 130 km SE of Taloqan, Afghanistan	More
May 16, 1995 03:35 28 years ago	5.9 187 km	50km / 31mi	Yamgān, 79 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Sep 25, 1988 21:28 34 years ago	5.9 212 km	53km / 33mi	Yamgān, 78 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Apr 26, 1986 14:15 37 years ago	5.9 187 km	54km / 33mi	Yamgān, 84 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Feb 23, 1981 08:02 42 years ago	5.9 96 km	49km / 30mi	Zebak, 113 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Apr 21, 1978 15:22 45 years ago	5.9 227 km	71km / 44mi	Wurduj, 83 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Nov 16, 1972 12:43 50 years ago	5.9 116 km	113km / 70mi	Parīān, 48 km NE of Bāzārak, Panjshir, Afghanistan	More
Jul 8, 1972 06:49 51 years ago	5.9 107 km	55km / 34mi	Zebak, 112 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Aug 4, 1971 00:24 52 years ago	5.9 202 km	48km / 30mi	Yamgān, 81 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Aug 8, 1969 06:30 54 years ago	5.9 193 km	41km / 25mi	Yamgān, 55 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Jan 23, 1954 16:06 69 years ago	5.9 15 km	192km / 119mi	98 km NE of Ishqoshim, Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan	More
Jul 22, 1934 19:56 89 years ago	5.9 20 km	123km / 77mi	Bahārak, 29 km E of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Aug 8, 2019 00:45 3 years ago	5.8 226 km	94km / 59mi	Badakhshan, 28 km E of Farkhār, Takhar, Afghanistan	More
Dec 29, 2012 17:50 10 years ago	5.8 116 km	56km / 35mi	Badakhshan, 46 km NW of Pārūn, Nuristan, Afghanistan	More
Jul 12, 2012 14:00 11 years ago	5.8 190 km	55km / 34mi	41 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Mar 21, 2011 09:49 12 years ago	5.8 190 km	53km / 33mi	Yamgān, 42 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Dec 29, 2008 03:37 14 years ago	5.8 151 km	41km / 26mi	Yamgān, 52 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Sep 6, 2008 05:47 14 years ago	5.8 192 km	53km / 33mi	Yamgān, 43 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Mar 12, 2004 22:45 19 years ago	5.8 218 km	47km / 29mi	Yamgān, 82 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan	More
Oct 25, 1990 04:53 32 years ago	5.8 114 km	111km / 69mi	Nūrgarām, Nuristan, 77 km N of Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan	More

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