A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan. Exact location of earthquake, 70.9862° East, 35.8464° North, depth 88.5 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002xdw. Id of event: us20002xdw. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/07/15 / 2015-07-14 14:35:51 / July 14, 2015 @ 2:35 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 88.5 km (55 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:05:51 / 7:05 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) from Āsmār (c. 15 700 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Pārūn (c. 1 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Āsmār, Pārūn (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 27 km SE of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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