IRIS Special Report

Event: 2002/03/25 14:56:37.4
Catalog: NEICALRT Mag: 5.9 Type: MW
Lat: 35.97 Lon: 69.17 Depth: 33.00
Description: HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN


KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Afghan officials have said that an accurate death count may be weeks away after a devastating earthquake in the mountains of northeastern Afghanistan, where early reports indicated the town of Nahrin may have been destroyed. (3/28/2002)

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Theoretical P-Wave Travel Times
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City Distance
(degrees)		 Travel Time
(min:secs)		 Arrival Time
UTC		 Phase
Kathmandu, Nepal 15.99 3:42.4 15:00:19.4 Pn
Moscow, Russia 29.14 5:57.9 15:02:34.9 P
Beijing, China 37.14 7:07.4 15:03:44.4 P
Rome, Italy 43.81 8:02.5 15:04:39.5 P
Bergen, Norway 46.76 8:25.9 15:05:02.9 P
Nairobi, Kenya 47.76 8:33.8 15:05:10.8 P
London, England 50.56 8:55.2 15:05:32.2 P
Tokyo, Japan 56.00 9:35.2 15:06:12.2 P
Agana, Guam 70.61 11:12.1 15:07:49.1 P
Anchorage, Alaska 78.06 11:55.4 15:08:32.4 P
Bangor, Maine 91.05 13:01.0 15:09:38.0 P
Ottawa, Canada 93.01 13:10.0 15:09:47.0 P
Boston, Massachusetts 94.03 13:14.7 15:09:51.7 P
Duluth, Minnesota 95.97 13:23.5 15:10:00.5 P
Seattle, Washington 95.98 13:23.6 15:10:00.6 P
New York, New York 96.54 13:26.1 15:10:03.1 P
Philadephia, Pennsylvania 97.63 13:31.0 15:10:08.0 P
Washington, D.C. 99.24 13:38.1 15:10:15.1 Pdiff
Brisbane, Australia 101.01 13:46.0 15:10:23.0 Pdiff
St. Louis, Missouri 103.35 13:56.3 15:10:33.3 Pdiff
Golden, Colorado 104.48 14:01.4 15:10:38.4 Pdiff
Knoxville, Tennessee 104.58 14:01.8 15:10:38.8 Pdiff
Wichita, Kansas 105.59 14:06.3 15:10:43.3 Pdiff
San Francisco, California 105.85 14:07.5 15:10:44.5 Pdiff
Honolulu, Hawaii 107.73 14:15.8 15:10:52.8 Pdiff
Albuquerque, New Mexico 109.21 14:22.4 15:10:59.4 Pdiff
Los Angeles, California 110.00 14:25.9 15:11:02.9 Pdiff
San Juan, Puerto Rico 111.30 14:31.6 15:11:08.6 Pdiff
Miami, Florida 112.13 14:35.3 15:11:12.3 Pdiff
Brownsville, Texas 117.20 14:57.8 15:11:34.8 Pdiff
Wellington, New Zealand 123.28 15:24.8 15:12:01.8 Pdiff
Mexico City, Mexico 123.83 15:27.3 15:12:04.3 Pdiff
Palmer Station, Antarctica 138.78 16:33.6 15:13:10.6 Pdiff
Lima, Peru 141.38 16:45.2 15:13:22.2 Pdiff
Images

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Historic Seismicity of Afghanistan from 1997 to present
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Quake victims in Nahrin search the rubble of what used to be their homes. (AP)

An aerial view of some of the devastation caused by Monday's earthquake
in the town of Nahrin in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan on Wednesday
     
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