- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- December 12, 2005 CE
- Location:
- 53 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan
- Magnitude:
- 6.5 Mwb
- Depth:
- 224.6 km
- Intensity (MMI):
- 5.232
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 6 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwb 6.5
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 6.5
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5.3
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5.6
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwb 5.5
- USGS_COMCAT: Mwc 5.3
Other earthquake records of 2005 CE
- Pakistan, Muzaffarabad, Uri, Anantnag, Baramula · Mw 7.6 · 76,213 deaths
- Indonesia, Sumatera: Sw · Mw 8.6 · 1,319 deaths
- Iran, Kerman Province: Zarand · Mw 6.4 · 612 deaths
- China, Jiangxi: Jiujiang, Ruichang · Mw 5.2 · 16 deaths
- Iran, Qeshm, Zirang · Mw 6 · 13 deaths
- Chile, Tarapaca · Mw 7.7 · 11 deaths
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat) · License: U.S. Public Domain (USGS) · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did M 6.5 - 53 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan (2005 CE) happen?
- December 12, 2005 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat); it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.
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