Date in year · 1998 · The 1990s
On February 4, 1998, the 5.9 Mw Afghanistan earthquake shakes the Takhar Province with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). With 2,323 killed, and 818 injured, damage is considered extreme. The year's #1 song was "Too Close" by Next. King Combs, Mitchell Robinson, Sexyy Red would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · February 4, 1998
An earthquake occurred on 4 February 1998 at 19:03 local time near the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border. 9 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). With several thousand dead and hundreds injured, the event's effects were considered extreme by the National Geophysical Data Center.
Around 1998
1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1998th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 998th year of the 2nd millennium, the 98th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1990s decade.
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1998 earthquake centered in northeastern Afghanistan
An earthquake occurred on 4 February 1998 at 19:03 local time near the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border. 9 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). With several thousand dead and hundreds injured, the event's effects were considered extreme by the National Geophysical Data Center.
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