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Four large earthquakes measuring M ww 6.3 each and their aftershocks affected Herat Province in western Afghanistan in early October 2023. The first two earthquakes occurred on 7 October at 11:11 AFT and 11:42 AFT near the city of Herat, followed by many aftershocks. On 11 and 15 October, two other magnitude 6.3 earthquakes struck the same area.
Most earthquakes in the state have been small or have produced minimal impacts. No earthquake-related fatalities have been reported in the state, though one earthquake in Texas caused a death in the neighboring Mexican state of Chihuahua in 1923. The earliest recorded earthquake in Texas occurred near Seguin and New Braunfels on February 13 ...
2023 Herat earthquakes: 4 153 5.7 Nepal, Karnali: VIII (Severe) 16.5 November 3: 2023 Nepal earthquake: 5 151 5.9 China, Gansu: IX (Violent) 10.0 December 18: 2023 Jishishan earthquake: 6 21 6.5 Afghanistan, Badakhshan: V (Moderate) 187.6 March 21: 2023 Badakhshan earthquake: 7 18 6.8 Ecuador, Guayas offshore VII (Very Strong) 65.8 March 18
The magnitude 6.3 earthquake on Wednesday was about 28 kilometers (17 miles) outside Herat, the provincial capital, and 10 kilometers (6 miles) deep, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake in March struck much of Pakistan and Afghanistan, and an earthquake hit eastern Afghanistan in June 2022, flattening stone and mud-brick homes and killing at least 1,000 ...
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March 18, 2023 17:12 Near the coast of Ecuador see 2023 Guayas earthquake-2.837 -79.844 18 6.8 M w (USGS) Centered 8km NNW of Baláo, Ecuador, at a depth of 65.8km. [98] March 21, 2023 16:47 Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan see 2023 Badakhshan earthquake: 36.523 70.979 21 6.5 M w (USGS) Centered 40km SSE of Jurm, Afghanistan, at a depth of 187 ...
And a 5.6 magnitude earthquake on January 17, 2022 struck Badghis, another western province near Herat bordering Turkmenistan, killed more than 20 people and reduced hundreds of brick homes to rubble.