1983 Jurm earthquake

The epicentre was located about 55 km from Jurm in Badakhshan, northeastern Afghanistan, at 04:22 local time on 31 December. No casualty figure appears in the available records.

Origin time (UTC)

1983-12-30T23:52

Magnitude

7.4

Magnitude type

mw

Depth (km)

214.5

USGS event page

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp00020xw

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: earthquake, afghanistan, badakhshan, hindu kush, deep focus

Coordinates: 36.372, 70.738

Part of Earthquakes of magnitude 7 and above in the Himalaya since 1930

Related collections

• Mass shootings in the United States that killed 13 or more people since 1949 — United States · 18 locations
• Industrial and accidental explosions that killed 200 or more people since 1900 — Worldwide · 13 locations
• Peacetime shipwrecks that killed 500 or more people since 1900 — Worldwide · 10 locations
• Tsunamis with waves of 15 metres or more from 1800 to 1899 — Worldwide · 12 locations
• Western Pacific typhoons of category 4 and above in the 2010 to 2013 seasons — Western North Pacific · 18 locations
• Western Pacific typhoons of category 4 and above in the 2016 season — Western North Pacific · 8 locations