April 2009 Afghanistan earthquake

2009 Afghanistan earthquake

UTC time	Doublet earthquake:
	2009-04-16 21:27:51
	2009-04-16 23:42:51
ISC event	n/a
USGS-ANSS
	ComCat
	ComCat
Local date	April 17, 2009
Local time
	01:57
	04:22
Magnitude
	5.2 M_wc
	5.1 M_wb
Depth	5.9 km (3.7 mi) 4.0 km (2.5 mi)
Epicenter	34°11′N 70°05′E / 34.19°N 70.08°E / 34.19; 70.08
Type	Reverse
Areas affected	Afghanistan Pakistan
Max. intensity	MMI VI (Strong)
Casualties	19 dead 51 injured

The 2009 Afghanistan earthquake was a dip-slip doublet earthquake occurred in eastern Afghanistan, with an initial shock of magnitude of 5.2 M_w  at 01:57:51 April 17 local time, with a second shock of 5.1 M_w  occurring several hours later. The maximum Mercalli intensity was VI (Strong).

Damage

The quakes struck a remote area about 50 miles (90 km) east of Kabul near the Pakistan border. A government representative told AP News that the quakes destroyed 200 mud homes in four villages that had damage that was described as serious.

Sources

ANSS. "Afghanistan 2009a". Comprehensive Catalog. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
ANSS. "Afghanistan 2009b". Comprehensive Catalog. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
"Deadly quakes strike Afghanistan". BBC. April 17, 2009. Archived from the original on April 20, 2009.
National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS) (1972), Significant Earthquake Database (Data Set), National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K.

v t e ← Earthquakes in 2009 →
January	West Papua (7.7 & 7.4, Jan 4) Costa Rica (6.2, Jan 8)†
February	Talaud Islands (7.2, Feb 11)
April	L'Aquila (6.3, Apr 6)† 1st Afghanistan (5.2, Apr 17)
May	Swan Islands (7.3, May 23)
July	Yunnan (5.7, Jul 9) Fiordland (7.8, Jul 15)
August	Shizuoka (6.4, Aug 10) Andaman Islands (7.5, Aug 11)
September	West Java (7.0, Sep 2)† Bhutan (6.1, Sep 21) Samoa (8.1, Sep 29)† 2nd Sumatra (7.6, Sep 30)†‡
October	2nd Afghanistan (6.2, Oct 22)
December	Karonga (~6.0, December) Hualien (6.4, Dec 19)
† indicates earthquake resulting in at least 30 deaths ‡ indicates the deadliest earthquake of the year

v t e Earthquakes in Afghanistan
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21st century	2002 Hindu Kush April 2009 October 2009 2010 2012 2013 Laghman October 2015 Hindu Kush December 2015 Hindu Kush 2016 January 2022 June 2022 September 2022 2023 Badakhshan 2023 Herat

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