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Magnitude 5.0 HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN

Friday, October 30, 2009 at 06:43:06 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report

Magnitude	5.0
Date-Time	Friday, October 30, 2009 at 06:43:06 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time Friday, October 30, 2009 at 11:13:06 AM local time at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	34.24N 70.09E
Depth	49 kilometers
Region	HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN
Distances	40 km (25 miles) WSW of Jalalabad, Afghanistan 90 km (55 miles) ESE of KABUL, Afghanistan 140 km (85 miles) WNW of Peshawar, Pakistan 215 km (135 miles) WSW of Mingaora, Pakistan
Location Uncertainty	Error estimate: horizontal +/- 6.8 km; depth +/- 13.8 km
Parameters	Nst=88, Nph=88, Dmin=983.4 km, Rmss=0.96 sec, Erho=6.8 km, Erzz=13.8 km, Gp=39.9 degrees
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Remarks	Felt (III) at Kabul and (II) at Jalalabad. Also felt at Islamabad and Rawalpindi, Pakistan and at Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
Event ID	usnjaj