A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan. Exact location of event, depth 94.96 km, 70.3623° East, 36.1499° North. Id of earthquake: us20002p9g. Event ids that are associated: us20002p9g. Global time and date of event 12/06/15 / 2015-06-12 08:52:01 / June 12, 2015 @ 8:52 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 94.96 km (59 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 13:22:01 / 1:22 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Jurm, Farkhār (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 39 km WNW of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan.
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