M4.3 earthquake 45 km NNW of Khand?d, Afghanistan
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 45 km NNW of Khand?d, Afghanistan on Sun, Aug 29, 1982, 7:45 PM GMT+7 (12:45 UTC), 152 km (94 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 61 km NE of Khand?d, Afghanistan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-08-29 12:45:12 UTC
- Depth
- 151.7 km (94.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 37.323° N, 72.102° E
- Region
- Afghanistan
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- FROM_LOCATION
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.134 km NNW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 16078 days ago · 64 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.342 km SSE of Khorugh, Tajikistan · 16070 days ago · 103 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.461 km NE of Khand?d, Afghanistan · 16065 days ago · 65 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.779 km ENE of Khand?d, Afghanistan · 16065 days ago · 59 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.761 km NE of Khand?d, Afghanistan · 16063 days ago · 33 km deep · 70 km away
- 4.737 km NE of Khand?d, Afghanistan · 16057 days ago · 71 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.940 km NW of Khand?d, Afghanistan · 16055 days ago · 82 km deep · 15 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001pad. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:24 PM UTC.