Earthquake — Afghanistan: Badghis: Qadis

When

17 Jan 2022

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

5.3

Where

Afghanistan

Coordinates

34.93° N, 63.62° E

Deaths

28

Injuries

4

Damage musd

0.4

Houses destroyed

800

Intensity mmi

8

Depth km

11

Earthquake in Afghanistan

An earthquake measuring Mw 4.9, followed by a 5.3 Mw mainshock struck Badghis Province, Afghanistan, on January 17, 2022. The earthquake led to a large number of casualties for the tremor's magnitude, with 30 dead and 49 injured. The earthquake destroyed hundreds of homes in northwestern Afghanistan.

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• NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes Badghis Province, killing at least 26 people”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Ein Erdbeben in Afghanistan kostet mehr als 20 Menschen das Leben und beschädigt bzw. zerstört hunderte Häuser”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “En Afganistán, se registran dos terremotos de 4,9 y 5,3 que dejan un saldo de 30 muertos y 49 heridos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page