October 2015 Hindu Kush earthquake

The shock struck South Asia at 13:39 AFT, with the epicentre placed 45 km north of Kuran wa Munjan in Afghanistan, roughly 82 km southeast of Feyzabad in Badakhshan province. Casualty counts differ: one tally gives 399 killed and 2,536 injured, while contemporaneous reports put the toll at about 150 killed with more than 950 injured, with figures for Afghanistan given variously as 115, 94 and 24, and 36 reported in Pakistan.

Origin time (UTC)

2015-10-26T09:09

Magnitude

7.5

Magnitude type

mww

Depth (km)

231

Deaths, as sources state them

estimates differ, from about 150 to 399

USGS event page

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10003re5

Category: Disasters & Incidents

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

Coordinates: 36.5244, 70.3676

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

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