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M5.9
Paktiya Earthquake, 2008 |
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Date: |
6 October 2008 |
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Epicentre: |
W of
Fazeli Tana, Paktiya |
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Time: |
22:56:33
UTC (03:26:33 AT)
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Latitude: |
33.954 N (NEIC) |
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Longitude: |
69.477
E (NEIC) |
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Depth: |
35
kms (NEIC) |
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Magnitude: |
Mw
5.9 (NEIC); Ms
6.0 (GSR) |
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A moderate
earthquake (M5.0-5.9 termed as "moderate") occurred
in
the
western Safed Koh Mountains in Paktiya
Province's Jaji district, Afghanistan, on 6 October
2008
at 03:26 AM local time in Afghanistan.
It had a magnitude of Mw=5.9.
If you felt this earthquake or
the earthquake on 6 October 2008 at 03:36 AT or 04:56 PakDST, please take the time to fill out a felt report questionnaire.
The earthquake was centred
2.2 kms W of Fazeli Tana (Paktiya), Afghanistan,
20 kms W of Ali Khel (Paktiya), Afghanistan,
40 kms W of Gujjarghuna (FATA), Pakistan,
46 kms NE of Gardiz (Ghazni), Afghanistan,
57 kms W of Parachinar (FATA), Pakistan
71 kms SSE of Kabul (Kabol), Afghanistan,
109 kms NE of Ghazni (Ghazni), Afghanistan,
118 kms NW of Thal (FWFP), Pakistan,
149 kms NW of Bannu (FWFP), Pakistan.
This earthquake has
been felt in parts of eastern Afghanistan including at Kabul where
doors and windows rattled. Surprisingly, this earthquake has not
been reported from adjacent parts of Pakistan, including Peshawar,
that were within 150-kilometres of the epicentre. No casualties
are known to have occurred in Afghanistan or Pakistan as a result
of this earthquake.
A Mw=6.0 (HRV) earthquake on 11 February 1999 to the north of this
latest earthquake killed at least 70 people and caused damage in
Lowgar and Vardak provinces including at Kabul. It was also felt
at Peshawar as well as far as Islamabad in Pakistan.
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References
01)
National
Earthquake Information Centre (NEIC), Golden, USA.
02)
Geophysical Survey of
the Russian Academy of Sciences, Obninsk, Russia.
03) Harvard Centroid Moment Tensor Solution (HRV),
Harvard, USA.
04) International Seismological Centre (ISC), Berkshire, U.K.
05)
Macroseismic information has been compiled by
the ASC from reports by local media and local NGO personnel.
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