What the records say
- When
- 16 Apr 2009
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.4
- Where
- Afghanistan
- Coordinates
- 34.19° N, 70.08° E
- Deaths
- 19
- Injuries
- 51
- Houses destroyed
- 200
- Depth km
- 6
April 2009 Afghanistan earthquake
The 2009 Afghanistan earthquake was a dip-slip doublet earthquake occurred in eastern Afghanistan, with an initial shock of magnitude of 5.2 Mw at 01:57:51 April 17 local time, with a second shock of 5.1 Mw occurring several hours later. The maximum Mercalli intensity was VI (Strong).
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3 sources record it
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Two earthquakes kill 22 people in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Dos terremotos de 5,2 y 5,1 sacuden Afganistán provocando la muerte de 19 personas”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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