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Light mag. 4.2 earthquake - Badakhshan, Afghanistan, 32 km west of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan, on Saturday, Feb 4, 2023 at 8:37 am (GMT +5) -

Light magnitude 4.2 earthquake at 220 km depth

4 Feb 03:42 UTC: First to report: NCS after 5 minutes.
4 Feb 03:52: Now using data updates from USGS

Earthquake details

Date & time	Feb 4, 2023 03:37:21 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Saturday, Feb 4, 2023 at 8:37 am (GMT +5)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.2
Depth	219.6 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	36.664°N / 71.2662°E (Wurduj, Badakhshan, Afghanistan)
Antipode	36.664°S / 108.734°W
Shaking intensity	Very weak shaking
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	24 km (15 mi) W of Ashkāsham (Ishkashim) (pop: 12,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 32 km (20 mi) WSW of Ishqoshim (Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan) (pop: 26,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 45 km (28 mi) ESE of Jurm (pop: 12,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 79 km (49 mi) SE of Faizabad (pop: 44,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 95 km (59 mi) SSW of Khorugh (Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan) (pop: 30,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 260 km (161 mi) NNE of Jalalabad (Nangarhar) (pop: 200,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 302 km (188 mi) SE of Duschanbe (Dushanbe, Tajikistan) (pop: 679,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 304 km (189 mi) NE of Kabul (pop: 3,043,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Broken Clouds -20.9°C (-6 F), humidity: 88%, wind: 2 m/s (4 kts) from ESE
Estimated seismic energy released	1.3 x 10¹¹ joules (35 megawatt hours, equivalent to 30.1 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.2	220 km	23 Km W of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan	USGS
4.3	186 km	Afghanistan	NCS
4.2	222 km	HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN	EMSC
4.2	220 km	Afghanistan-Tajikistan Border Region	RaspberryShake
4.2	10 km	Afghanistan-Tajikistan Bord Reg.	IRIS
4.0	222 km	Afghanistan-Tajikistan Border Region	GFZ

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Batken, Kyrgyzstan (BTK/KR network) | Distance from quake: 379 km / 236 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: 0.2-10.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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