Earthquake Information

October 26, 2015 (09:09:32 UTC)

Quake Location

Magnitude 7.5 Afghanistan

A magnitude 7.5 earthquake occurred in the Hindu Kush mountains, in the sparsely populated province of Badakhshan, Afghanistan which borders Pakistan, Tajikistan and China. 

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