6.0 Mw - CENTRAL AFGHANISTAN

Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude
6.0 Mw
Date-Time
5 Oct 2008 22:56:33 UTC
6 Oct 2008 03:26:33 near epicenter
5 Oct 2008 16:56:33 standard time in your timezone
Location
33.954N 69.477E
Depth
35 km
Distances
68 km (42 miles) SSE (157 degrees) of KABUL, Afghanistan
104 km (65 miles) WSW (240 degrees) of Jalalabad, Afghanistan
193 km (120 miles) W (269 degrees) of Peshawar, Pakistan
Location Uncertainty
Horizontal: 6.9 km; Vertical
Parameters
Nph = 94; Dmin = 76.5 km; Rmss = 1.43 seconds; Gp = 46°M-type = Mw; Version = 7
Event ID
US 2008xub7 ***This event supersedes event PT08279002.
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