| Date & time | Jan 25, 2023 21:53:05 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Thursday, Jan 26, 2023 at 2:53 am (GMT +5) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 4 |
| Depth | 191.6 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 37.507°N / 72.2651°E  (Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan) |
| Antipode | 37.507°S / 107.735°W |
| Shaking intensity | Not felt |
| Primary data source | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 62 km (39 mi) N of Khandūd (Badakhshan, Afghanistan) (pop: 5,520) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 63 km (39 mi) E of Khorugh (pop: 30,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 104 km (65 mi) NNE of Ishqoshim (Ishkoshim) (pop: 26,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 155 km (96 mi) ENE of Faizabad (Badakhshan, Afghanistan) (pop: 44,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 223 km (139 mi) E of Kŭlob (Khatlon) (pop: 78,800) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 226 km (140 mi) E of Chubek (Hamadoni, Khatlon) (pop: 19,600) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 233 km (145 mi) E of Hulbuk (Khatlon) (pop: 21,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 326 km (203 mi) ESE of Duschanbe (Dushanbe) (pop: 679,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Overcast Clouds  -25.5°C (-14 F), humidity: 96%, wind: 1 m/s (2 kts) from NW |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 6.3 x 1010 joules (17.5 megawatt hours, equivalent to 15.1 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 4.0 | 192 km | Tajikistan: 61 Km N of Khandūd, Afghanistan | USGS |
| 4.1 | 180 km | Tajikistan | NCS |
| 4.0 | 192 km | TAJIKISTAN | EMSC |
| 4.0 | 192 km | Tajikistan | RaspberryShake |
| 4.0 | 10 km | Tajikistan | IRIS |
| 3.4 | 208 km | TAJIKISTAN-XINJIANG BORDER REGION | KNDC |
Date and time GMT | Mag Depth | Distance | Location | Details |
| Nov 15, 1921 20:36 101 years ago | 7.8 240 km | 200km / 125mi | Kuran Wa Munjan, 102 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jul 7, 1909 21:37 114 years ago | 7.7 200 km | 297km / 184mi | Mandōl, Nuristan, 67 km E of Bāzārak, Panjshir, Afghanistan | More |
| Oct 26, 2015 09:09 7 years ago | 7.5 212 km | 175km / 109mi | 52 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jul 10, 1949 03:53 74 years ago | 7.5 20 km | 221km / 137mi | 47 km E of Rasht, Republican Subordination, Tajikistan | More |
| Mar 4, 1949 10:19 74 years ago | 7.5 229 km | 174km / 108mi | Yamgān, 36 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 3, 2002 12:08 21 years ago | 7.4 226 km | 194km / 120mi | Tagāb, 69 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jul 29, 1985 07:54 38 years ago | 7.4 99 km | 191km / 118mi | Kuran Wa Munjan, 107 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Dec 30, 1983 23:52 39 years ago | 7.4 215 km | 185km / 115mi | Yamgān, 84 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 14, 1965 15:53 58 years ago | 7.4 208 km | 184km / 114mi | Yamgān, 52 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Oct 21, 1907 04:23 115 years ago | 7.4 20 km | 237km / 147mi | 25 km NE of Rasht, Republican Subordination, Tajikistan | More |
| Aug 11, 1974 01:13 48 years ago | 7.3 9 km | 256km / 159mi | 185 km W of Kashgar, Xinjiang, China | More |
| Feb 18, 1911 18:41 112 years ago | 7.3 15 km | 97km / 60mi | Gorno-Badakhshan, 336 km E of Duschanbe, Dushanbe, Tajikistan | More |
| Dec 7, 2015 07:50 7 years ago | 7.2 11 km | 90km / 56mi | Gorno-Badakhshan, 365 km E of Duschanbe, Dushanbe, Tajikistan | More |
| Aug 9, 1993 12:42 29 years ago | 7.0 215 km | 177km / 110mi | Yamgān, 86 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 31, 1991 23:03 32 years ago | 6.9 142 km | 235km / 146mi | Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, 140 km SE of Khanabad, Afghanistan | More |
| Jul 10, 1949 16:24 74 years ago | 6.9 20 km | 207km / 129mi | Republican Subordination, 215 km E of Duschanbe, Dushanbe, Tajikistan | More |
| Nov 1, 1978 19:48 44 years ago | 6.8 40 km | 207km / 129mi | 132 km S of Osh, Kyrgyzstan | More |
| Sep 27, 1944 16:25 78 years ago | 6.8 20 km | 273km / 170mi | 118 km SW of Kashgar, Xinjiang, China | More |
| Oct 5, 2008 15:52 14 years ago | 6.7 27 km | 263km / 163mi | 186 km W of Kashgar, Xinjiang, China | More |
| Jul 14, 1991 09:09 32 years ago | 6.7 213 km | 166km / 103mi | Zebak, 99 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jul 6, 1962 23:05 61 years ago | 6.7 216 km | 202km / 125mi | Tagāb, Badakhshan, 51 km E of Farkhār, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Jul 10, 1949 15:49 74 years ago | 6.7 20 km | 195km / 121mi | Republican Subordination, 225 km E of Duschanbe, Dushanbe, Tajikistan | More |
| Nov 25, 2016 14:24 6 years ago | 6.6 10 km | 242km / 150mi | 176 km W of Kashgar, Xinjiang, China | More |
| Apr 10, 2016 10:28 7 years ago | 6.6 210 km | 149km / 93mi | 37 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 3, 2009 20:23 14 years ago | 6.6 205 km | 181km / 113mi | Yamgān, 50 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 5, 2004 21:24 19 years ago | 6.6 187 km | 156km / 97mi | Yamgān, 78 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 30, 1998 06:22 25 years ago | 6.6 33 km | 196km / 122mi | Shahr-e Buzurg, Badakhshan, 25 km E of Rustāq, Rustaq, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Jun 6, 1966 07:46 57 years ago | 6.6 216 km | 152km / 95mi | Zebak, 40 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 28, 1964 14:09 59 years ago | 6.6 196 km | 164km / 102mi | Yamgān, 44 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Dec 12, 2005 21:47 17 years ago | 6.5 225 km | 165km / 103mi | Zebak, 96 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Nov 8, 1999 16:45 23 years ago | 6.5 228 km | 142km / 89mi | Zebak, 88 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 13, 1997 14:13 26 years ago | 6.5 196 km | 169km / 105mi | Yamgān, 85 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jul 30, 1974 05:12 49 years ago | 6.5 211 km | 185km / 115mi | Yamgān, 86 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Oct 16, 1963 15:43 59 years ago | 6.5 35 km | 165km / 102mi | 82 km NW of Murghab, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan | More |
| Aug 29, 1963 08:53 59 years ago | 6.5 15 km | 296km / 184mi | 154 km W of Kashgar, Xinjiang, China | More |
| Apr 20, 1941 17:38 82 years ago | 6.5 20 km | 241km / 150mi | 21 km NE of Rasht, Republican Subordination, Tajikistan | More |
| Aug 31, 1934 14:57 88 years ago | 6.5 15 km | 200km / 124mi | 52 km E of Rasht, Republican Subordination, Tajikistan | More |
| Dec 1, 1918 02:35 104 years ago | 6.5 20 km | 113km / 70mi | Gorno-Badakhshan, 350 km E of Duschanbe, Dushanbe, Tajikistan | More |
| Jun 26, 2016 11:17 7 years ago | 6.4 10 km | 239km / 148mi | Osh Oblasty, 392 km S of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | More |
| Feb 20, 1998 12:18 25 years ago | 6.4 236 km | 155km / 96mi | Yamgān, 84 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Aug 9, 1993 11:38 29 years ago | 6.4 204 km | 182km / 113mi | Yamgān, 77 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jul 13, 1990 14:20 33 years ago | 6.4 217 km | 179km / 111mi | Yamgān, 80 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Aug 2, 1985 07:46 38 years ago | 6.4 120 km | 199km / 123mi | Kuran Wa Munjan, 106 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 16, 1984 17:18 39 years ago | 6.4 208 km | 175km / 109mi | Yamgān, 79 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Dec 25, 2015 19:14 7 years ago | 6.3 204 km | 152km / 94mi | 41 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Sep 17, 2010 19:21 12 years ago | 6.3 220 km | 178km / 110mi | Yamgān, 47 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Nov 20, 2002 21:32 20 years ago | 6.3 33 km | 308km / 191mi | Diamer, 46 km E of Lulu sard Island, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan | More |
| Jul 17, 2000 22:53 23 years ago | 6.3 141 km | 181km / 112mi | Kuran Wa Munjan, 98 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 12, 2000 23:10 23 years ago | 6.3 108 km | 223km / 138mi | Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, 127 km NE of Bāzārak, Panjshir, Afghanistan | More |
| Dec 17, 1997 05:51 25 years ago | 6.3 207 km | 182km / 113mi | Yamgān, 83 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Oct 18, 1995 09:30 27 years ago | 6.3 223 km | 205km / 128mi | Tagāb, Badakhshan, 83 km SE of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Jun 30, 1994 09:23 29 years ago | 6.3 227 km | 166km / 103mi | Zebak, 101 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Sep 18, 1993 05:02 29 years ago | 6.3 113 km | 135km / 84mi | Chitrāl, Pakistan, 34 km S of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan | More |
| Mar 25, 1990 14:17 33 years ago | 6.3 33 km | 80km / 50mi | 56 km E of Khandūd, Wākhān, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 5, 1990 05:16 33 years ago | 6.3 110 km | 103km / 64mi | Shuhadā, 60 km E of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Aug 6, 1988 09:03 34 years ago | 6.3 195 km | 159km / 99mi | Yamgān, 84 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 2, 1981 16:04 42 years ago | 6.3 229 km | 166km / 103mi | Zebak, 96 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jun 24, 1972 15:29 51 years ago | 6.3 24 km | 267km / 166mi | Guz̄argāh-e Nūr, 89 km E of Baghlan, Baghlān-e Jadīd, Baghlan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 6, 1955 20:55 68 years ago | 6.3 125 km | 80km / 50mi | Gorno-Badakhshan, 353 km E of Duschanbe, Dushanbe, Tajikistan | More |
| Oct 8, 1935 09:19 87 years ago | 6.3 20 km | 222km / 138mi | 37 km E of Rasht, Republican Subordination, Tajikistan | More |
| May 9, 2018 10:41 5 years ago | 6.2 103 km | 91km / 57mi | 82 km E of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Oct 29, 2009 17:44 13 years ago | 6.2 210 km | 185km / 115mi | Yamgān, 54 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Oct 22, 2009 19:51 13 years ago | 6.2 186 km | 161km / 100mi | Yamgān, 40 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 3, 2007 03:35 16 years ago | 6.2 222 km | 183km / 114mi | Yamgān, 75 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 3, 2002 07:05 21 years ago | 6.2 129 km | 211km / 131mi | Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, 126 km SE of Taloqan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 25, 2001 02:21 22 years ago | 6.2 203 km | 172km / 107mi | Yamgān, 82 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 5, 1990 20:47 33 years ago | 6.2 12 km | 95km / 59mi | 63 km E of Khandūd, Wākhān, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 5, 1987 15:40 36 years ago | 6.2 202 km | 182km / 113mi | Yamgān, 71 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Sep 12, 1983 15:42 39 years ago | 6.2 209 km | 153km / 95mi | Yamgān, 82 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Sep 12, 1981 07:15 41 years ago | 6.2 33 km | 234km / 145mi | Diamer, 60 km NW of Lulu sard Island, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan | More |
| Nov 12, 1972 17:56 50 years ago | 6.2 115 km | 124km / 77mi | 72 km W of Murghab, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan | More |
| Sep 3, 1972 16:48 50 years ago | 6.2 30 km | 204km / 127mi | Ghizer District, 89 km NW of Lulu sard Island, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan | More |
| Jan 20, 1972 11:36 51 years ago | 6.2 212 km | 179km / 111mi | Yamgān, 86 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 2, 2019 12:04 4 years ago | 6.1 212 km | 179km / 111mi | 42 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 31, 2018 07:07 5 years ago | 6.1 187 km | 165km / 103mi | 37 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Nov 23, 2001 20:43 21 years ago | 6.1 107 km | 141km / 88mi | Zebak, 32 km S of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Oct 3, 1987 11:00 35 years ago | 6.1 95 km | 138km / 86mi | Zebak, 27 km S of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Oct 26, 1984 20:22 38 years ago | 6.1 33 km | 201km / 125mi | Republican Subordination, 124 km SE of Isfara, Viloyati Sughd, Tajikistan | More |
| Jan 27, 1984 13:01 39 years ago | 6.1 172 km | 166km / 103mi | Yamgān, 90 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Aug 20, 1979 03:50 43 years ago | 6.1 229 km | 221km / 137mi | Tagāb, Badakhshan, 61 km SE of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
| Dec 20, 2019 11:39 3 years ago | 6.0 204 km | 186km / 116mi | 44 km SW of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 24, 2011 02:45 12 years ago | 6.0 110 km | 111km / 69mi | Gorno-Badakhshan, 350 km E of Duschanbe, Dushanbe, Tajikistan | More |
| Jan 5, 2023 14:25 3 weeks ago | 5.9 194 km | 179km / 111mi | 70 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Aug 10, 2015 10:05 7 years ago | 5.9 225 km | 146km / 91mi | 34 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 14, 2011 21:07 12 years ago | 5.9 207 km | 182km / 113mi | Yamgān, 51 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| May 16, 1995 03:35 28 years ago | 5.9 187 km | 169km / 105mi | Yamgān, 79 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Sep 25, 1988 21:28 34 years ago | 5.9 212 km | 184km / 114mi | Yamgān, 78 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 26, 1986 14:15 37 years ago | 5.9 187 km | 152km / 94mi | Yamgān, 84 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 23, 1981 08:02 42 years ago | 5.9 96 km | 151km / 94mi | Zebak, 113 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Apr 21, 1978 15:22 45 years ago | 5.9 227 km | 132km / 82mi | Wurduj, 83 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jul 8, 1972 06:49 51 years ago | 5.9 107 km | 145km / 90mi | Zebak, 112 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Aug 4, 1971 00:24 52 years ago | 5.9 202 km | 178km / 110mi | Yamgān, 81 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Aug 8, 1969 06:30 54 years ago | 5.9 193 km | 176km / 109mi | Yamgān, 55 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Jan 23, 1954 16:06 69 years ago | 5.9 15 km | 24km / 15mi | 98 km NE of Ishqoshim, Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan | More |
| Jul 22, 1934 19:56 89 years ago | 5.9 20 km | 128km / 79mi | Bahārak, 29 km E of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Feb 12, 2021 17:01 1 year 50 weeks ago | 5.8 100 km | 138km / 86mi | 29 km SW of Murghab, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan | More |
| Jul 12, 2012 14:00 11 years ago | 5.8 190 km | 167km / 103mi | 41 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Mar 21, 2011 09:49 12 years ago | 5.8 190 km | 164km / 102mi | Yamgān, 42 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Dec 29, 2008 03:37 14 years ago | 5.8 151 km | 163km / 101mi | Yamgān, 52 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
| Sep 6, 2008 05:47 14 years ago | 5.8 192 km | 164km / 102mi | Yamgān, 43 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
