Magnitude 5.5 HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN
Thursday, April 16, 2009 at 21:27:51 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude | 5.5 |
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Date-Time |
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones |
Location | 34.18N 70.05E |
Depth | 7 kilometers |
Region | HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN |
Distances |
45 km (30 miles) SW of Jalalabad, Afghanistan 90 km (55 miles) ESE of KABUL, Afghanistan 140 km (90 miles) W of Peshawar, Pakistan 220 km (140 miles) WSW of Mingaora, Pakistan |
Location Uncertainty | Error estimate: horizontal +/- 5.3 km; depth +/- 12.5 km |
Parameters | Nst=198, Nph=198, Dmin=101.1 km, Rmss=0.95 sec, Erho=5.3 km, Erzz=12.5 km, Gp=34.9 degrees |
Source | USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) |
Remarks | At least 19 people killed, 51 injured, more than 200 homes destroyed and some livestock killed in Nangarhar. Felt (V) at Jalalabad; (II) at Islamabad and Kabul. Also felt at Fayzabad, Nurestan, Panjab, Zarghun Shahr, Afghanistan; Bhakkar, Chitral, and Rawalpindi, Pakistan. |
Event ID | usfmbv |
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