Deep earthquake near the Afghanistan/Tajikistan border kills 2 people and injures more than 100

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Important update 09:47 UTC : Sadly enough, we have to tell you also that 1 person lost his life in India and 1 in Pakistan - The overall number of injured is 115 so far.

Update 09:32 UTC : Afghanistan damage : A dozen of wounded people were brought to the Jalalabad Civil Hospital after the temblor, the governor’s spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani, told Pajhwok Afghan News. Ten of the injured were discharged from hospital after being administered first medical aid while the remaining two were admitted, he said, adding most of the wounded were students. In a later message the Afghanistan authorities reported that approx. 200 houses were damaged slightly or severely. (Read the full article here)

Damage and treatment of the injured in Afghanistan - image courtesy and copyright Pajhwok.com

Update 22:07 UTC : First reports from Pakistan are mentioning that in Pashawar an unspecified number of old houses either collapsed or were damaged. 41 people were taken to hospitals in the city. 18 inhabitants of Swat were also treated for injuries.

Update 19:59 UTC : As the epicenter of this earthquake is located in a remote region, it will take at least until daylight before we will be able to get some more information. We will keep you updated

Update 19:42 UTC : The population in a radius of 75 km around the epicenter is 290.000

Update 19:29 UTC : Due to the deep hypocenter ER does not expect a lot of direct shaking damage. There is however a very big risk on secundary damage like landslides. Landslides are also often the reason that houses and people are buried below huge amounts of earth. Let's hope that this will not be the case this time.

40km (25mi) WSW of Ashkasham, Afghanistan
47km (29mi) SE of Jarm, Afghanistan
48km (30mi) WSW of Ishkashim, Tajikistan
83km (52mi) SE of Fayzabad, Afghanistan
283km (176mi) NE of Kabul, Afghanistan

275 km N of Peshāwar, Pakistan / pop: 1,218,773 / local time: 00:14:46.7 2015-12-26
95 km SE of Fayzabad, Afghanistan / pop: 44,421 / local time: 23:44:46.7 2015-12-25
39 km SW of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan / pop: 26,000 / local time: 00:14:46.7 2015-12-26

Most important Earthquake Data:

Magnitude : 6.3

Local Time (conversion only below land) : 2015-12-25 23:44:46

GMT/UTC Time : 2015-12-25 19:14:46

Depth (Hypocenter) : 204 km

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SRC	Location	UTC Date/time	M	D	INFO
USGS	Ashkasham, Afghanistan	Dec 25 19:14	6.3	203	MAP I Felt It INFO
Muzaffarabad, Pakistan - First pulse lasting ~ 5 seconds, slight pause followed by second stronger pulse lasting <10 seconds. No damage
EMSC	Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan	Dec 25 19:14	6.2	200	MAP I Felt It INFO
Kabul - Started slow, hit a strong shock for about 5 sec. No damage Alhamdullellah. mzd - xhccvvvvvv Noida - Fans and building shook at 0100h 26 Dec 15 IST Mountville, Pa - Felt a vibration that slowly moved from one sofa to another sofa in the same room. Had everyone thinking a vibrating toy/gift turned on and we all started to look to see what was making the shaking feeling. noida - The shaking lasted for 10 seconds around 1 am morning today and the experience was frightening agrikalan kashmir - I was in mid sleep I see my shaking I wake up and I see everyone in terror Dushanbe - No damage kohat/bahaderkot - It was strong enough to damage...first shocks were slow but after 10 seconds like that I felt strong shocks....as the fan was shaking and I heard the room window shake voice...than suddenly I woke up from bed and run away form room... Srinagar J&K; - I had just slep 18 minutes before I felt earthquake at 12:47 am Wah - Freaked us our! Lahore - Very Shocking Phagwara - I was watching tv and i felt a shake we went outside and rushed to the u.s embassy because we thought it was a big earth quake but it was not .our hotel room broke everything fell down i also recordedit
GEOFON	Afghanistan-tajikistan Border Region	Dec 25 19:14	6.3	204	MAP I Felt It INFO
dushanbe - no damage, very light and very short Kabul - 1916 UTC the whole building shook twice very strongly Rawalpindi - I felt scared New Delhi - no damage Kashmir - About 12.45 am local time in kashmir , india Chandigarh - Was sleeping, was woken up by the need shaking and the railing of the steps and the fans were shaking too chitral - it was enough dangerous Туркменабат - Было легкое покачивание! Чувствительно на 4м этаже! Dushanbe - Lasted maybe 3 minutes kharian - lying on bed suddenly windows started shaking. my heart beat risen also, I think heart beat rising due to gravitational disbalance. rawalpindi - no damage Chandigarh - It was shaking gurgaon - Took place 5mins before at around 00:55hrs IST Rawalpindi - Bed and walls felt like they were shaking very strongly noida - bed shaking Gurgaon - no damage ...ceiling fan starts shaking Mohali - Felt earthquake faislabad - my prayer with our planet and every individual Kabul - A rather strong shake in Kabul was felt today (25.12.2015) Islamabad - Sleeping in bed when suddenly felt a big earthquake. Lasted for a relatively shirt period of time. Delhi - Was sitting down; felt my chair shake a little for a couple of minutes Mankera Bhakkar - Very strong shaking but no damage islamabad - It forced me to wake up from my bed 😊 Самарканд - Было очень страшно!!! Kabul - 2 shocks approx. a minute apart Dushanbe, Tajikistan - For me it was ok. I was alone and just protect my tv. Some people went to the street. Khujand - The whole house started shaking, and it lasted for quite a while. No damage occurred Chandigarh - Moderate shaking. No damage jhang - i have felt strong after shock at 12:16 to 12:18 am while i was sleeping but no damage has been done here Ludhiana - Bad Гулистан - Ничего не повреждено, просто была будто взрывная волна Bagram - no damage, strong shaking, lasted more than 3 minutes. Delhi - Wake up from the sleep delhi - Was confusing Gurgaon - i saw curtain shaking Parwan - no damage SURAJMAL vihar - Earthquake in Delhi.. mohali,punjab - was sitting on bed and watching movie on my laptop..suddenly i felt my back vibrated for few seconds on its own..vibration was mild but enough to feel Lahore - From bed to road in 3 seconds. jhelum - nil reported Himachal pradesh - No damage....moderate tremors Bagram - Wasn't near as bad as the one in October! New Delhi - No damage. Kabul - I was a sleep london - it was goo Tashkent - No damage Delhi - At around 12:49 PM (24:49)... the shaking began and continued for 4 minutes. mandi bahauddin - no my property is not damaged .all of us are safe by the grace of God.and i dont know about any damage yet punjab - no damage Indian Administered Kashmir - Whole city got out into the streets at 12:48 am. Outside temperature -4c. amritsar - No damage but very heavy Ташкент - В 22: 20 время московское (местное 0:20) ощутился вертикальный толчок, потом горизонтальный, направление волны с востока на запад, мебель скрипела, пол ходил под ногами, прижались к усиленному сейсмопоясом дв.проему чувствовалось как вибрировала толстенная стена. Wah Cantt. - Extremely strong shaking. The earthquake lasted for about a minute. I do hope and pray that id did not cause any damage to life. Islamabad - Fans shook furniture shook. No damage seen as night damage seen Lahore - It was after 11:50 on 25 DEC. islamabad - horriffal experience Lahore - Strong shaking of bed and rattling of windows woke me up. Duration was short and no aftershocks perhaps. No damage here New Delhi - Though my building is quite resistant but it still was noticeable shaking New Delhi - bed shook for a couple of mins! New delhi - Was half asleep when felt my bed moving. .. have felt the tremors more than two times this year so was kinnda alert this time.... felt two three tremores one after the other.... n there it was in the news channel too.. Afghanistan being the epicentre ..I hope n pray that there are no casualitues .. Tashkent - Было страшно kabul - The Building was strongly shaking. small parts of plaster falling from slab and walls. Faridkot - I felt it while i was sleeping anf i wokeup .the doors and walls and everything in tthe room were shaking.we were ready to run out of the room andd it stopped Chandigarh - I heard creeching sounds from the wall and then I switched on the light and saw the ceiling fan shaking. It was horrible because I was on 4th floor. Dushanbe - It was crazy one . Horrible, I think it was continued 1 min Lahore - i was in washroom and i close my eyes kanpur - The water in the bottlw was shaking Kabul - It was horrific! Jaipur - Woke up suddenly. Bed was shaking at about 12:55am. Next wave hit after about a minute. Woke everyone up. Jalalabad - Shook the buildings almost a minute, roughest one I have experience to date. Amritsar - It began at about 12:45 AM and lasted for about 4 minutes. I personally was asleep and woke up due to the noise of the window panes. The Windows were vibrating up to the extent that I could hear them for the 4minutes and the bed was also shaking. There wasn't any damage as such. Kabul - One minor shake woke me up then a secondary was much stronger and lasted under 10 seconds. Dushanbe - I was laying awake in the bed at midnight. It started with several weak shakings over several seconds. While I was still deciding what to do, I heard the neighbours already running down the staircase. I live in a 4 storey sovjet block building. Suddenly there was a strong sidward shake. Immediately I got up an ran to the doorframe. The building shook for a few more seconds. Then everything went quiet again. As far as I can tell, no damage in my surrounding. No household goods fell on the floor. Doushanbe - Belles secousse dans un immeuble au huitième étage, assez surperenant.
EMSC	Pakistan	Dec 25 19:14	6.4	200	MAP
Rawalpindi - We ran out of home, thanks god, no damage Lahore - I felt strong shaking,ran out of room immedatly. ISLAMABAD - Very very scary especially the kids got frightened. Ташкент - Тряхонуло не страшно, но продолжительно

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MMI II (Very weak shaking)	? People : Felt by persons at rest, on upper floors or favorably placed.
MMI III (Weak shaking)	? People : Felt indoors; hanging objects may swing, vibration similar to passing of light trucks, duration may be estimated, may not be recognized as an earthquake.
MMI IV (Light shaking)	? People : Generally noticed indoors but not outside. Light sleepers may be awakened. Vibration may be likened to the passing of heavy traffic, or to the jolt of a heavy object falling or striking the building. Fittings : Doors and windows rattle. Glassware and crockery rattle. Liquids in open vessels may be slightly disturbed. Standing motorcars may rock. Structures : Walls and frames of buildings, and partitions and suspended ceilings in commercial buildings, may be heard to creak.
MMI V (Moderate shaking)	? People : Generally felt outside, and by almost everyone indoors. Most sleepers awakened. A few people alarmed. Fittings : Small unstable objects are displaced or upset. Some glassware and crockery may be broken. Hanging pictures knock against the wall. Open doors may swing. Cupboard doors secured by magnetic catches may open. Pendulum clocks stop, start, or change rate. Structures : Some large display windows cracked. A few earthenware toilet fixtures cracked.
MMI VI (Strong shaking)	? People Felt by all. People and animals alarmed. Many run outside. Difficulty experienced in walking steadily. Fittings : Objects fall from shelves. Pictures fall from walls. Some furniture moved on smooth floors, some unsecured free-standing fireplaces moved. Glassware and crockery broken. Very unstable furniture overturned. Small church and school bells ring. Appliances move on bench or table tops. Filing cabinets or "easy glide" drawers may open (or shut). Structures : Slight damage to buildings with low standard. Some stucco or cement plaster falls. Large display windows broken. Damage to a few weak domestic chimneys, some may fall. Environment : Trees and bushes shake, or are heard to rustle. Loose material may be dislodged from sloping ground, e.g. existing slides, talus slopes, shingle slides.
MMI VII (Very strong shaking)	? People General alarm. Difficulty experienced in standing. Noticed by motorcar drivers who may stop. Fittings : Large bells ring. Furniture moves on smooth floors, may move on carpeted floors. Substantial damage to fragile contents of buildings. Structures : Unreinforced stone and brick walls cracked. Low standard buildings cracked with some minor masonry falls. A few instances of damage to buildings of ordinary workmanship. Unbraced parapets, unbraced brick gables, and architectural ornaments fall. Roofing tiles, especially ridge tiles may be dislodged. Many unreinforced domestic chimneys damaged, often falling from roof-line. Water tanks Type I burst. A few instances of damage to brick veneers and plaster or cement-based linings. Unrestrained water cylinders (hot-water cylinders) may move and leak. Some common windows cracked. Suspended ceilings damaged. Environment : Water made turbid by stirred up mud. Small slides such as falls of sand and gravel banks, and small rock-falls from steep slopes and cuttings. Instances of settlement of unconsolidated or wet, or weak soils. Some fine cracks appear in sloping ground. A few instances of liquefaction (i.e. small water and sand ejections).
MMI VIII (Severe shaking)	? People Alarm may approach panic. Steering of motorcars greatly affected. Structures : Low standard buildings heavily damaged, some collapse. ordinary workmanship buildings damaged, some with partial collapse. Reinforced masonry or concrete buildings damaged in some cases. A few instances of damage to buildings and bridges designed and built to resist earthquakes. Monuments and pre-1976 elevated tanks and factory stacks twisted or brought down. Some pre-1965 infill masonry panels damaged. A few post-1980 brick veneers damaged. Decayed timber piles of houses damaged. Houses not secured to foundations may move. Most unreinforced domestic chimneys damaged, some below roof-line, many brought down. Environment : Cracks appear on steep slopes and in wet ground. Small to moderate slides in roadside cuttings and unsupported excavations. Small water and sand ejections and localized lateral spreading adjacent to streams, canals, lakes, etc.
MMI IX (Violent shaking)	? Structures Many low standard buildings destroyed. Ordinary workmanship buildings heavily damaged, some collapse. Reinforced masonry or concrete buildings damaged, some with partial collapse. Buildings and bridges designed and built to resist earthquakes damaged in some cases, some with flexible frames seriously damaged. Damage or permanent distortion to some buildings and bridges, designed and built to normal use standards. Houses not secured to foundations shifted off. Brick veneers fall and expose frames. Environment : Cracking of ground conspicuous. Landsliding general on steep slopes. Liquefaction effects intensified and more widespread, with large lateral spreading and flow sliding adjacent to streams, canals, lakes, etc.
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