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M5.1 earthquake near Ishqoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan

1582 d ago · 17 Jun 2022, 09:22 UTC 39 km WSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan

What happened

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 39 km WSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan on 17 Jun 2022, 09:22 UTC at a depth of 220 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 48 km away in Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan.

Timeline

  1. First reported by USGS

    16 Oct 2026, 20:47 UTC

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