Magnitude 6.6 - HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN
2005 December 12 21:47:46 UTC
Earthquake Details
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| Magnitude | 6.6 |
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| Location | 36.332°N, 71.130°E |
| Depth | 225.4 km (140.1 miles) set by location program |
| Region | HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN |
| Distances | 95 km (60 miles) NW of Chitral, Pakistan 95 km (60 miles) SSE of Feyzabad, Afghanistan 135 km (85 miles) SSW of Khorugh, Tajikistan 350 km (220 miles) NNW of ISLAMABAD, Pakistan |
| Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 5.6 km (3.5 miles); depth fixed by location program |
| Parameters | NST=138, Nph=138, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=0.8 sec, Gp= 43°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=Q |
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| Event ID | usgnay |
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Earthquake Summary
Felt Reports
Five people killed at Tili. At least one person injured in Jalalabad. At least 300 livestock killed and 100 houses damaged in Badakhshan. Several houses damaged at Baramulla, Fariabad and Uri, India. Landslides blocked several roads near Bagh, Kashmir. Felt (V) at Lahore and (IV) at Islamabad, Pakistan. Felt (IV) at Kabul and (III) at Bagrami, Afghanistan. Felt (IV) at Tashkent, Uzbekistan and Chandigarh, India. Felt at Gilgit and Muzaffarabad, Kashmir. Also felt at Balakot, Mansehra, Peshawar and Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Also felt at Amritsar and New Delhi, India.
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Additional Information
- Preliminary Earthquake Report
- U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center:
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
