M5.1 earthquake near Ishqoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan
3648 d ago · 20 Oct 2016, 00:40 UTC 35 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan
What happened
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 35 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan on 20 Oct 2016, 00:40 UTC at a depth of 107 km.
Earthquakes of this size are classed as Moderate. Can damage poorly built structures close to the epicentre. This was an intermediate-depth earthquake, so shaking is spread over a wider, gentler area.
The nearest town in our records is Ishqoshim, about 44 km away in Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan.
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16 Oct 2026, 20:47 UTC
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