A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Khanabad in Afghanistan. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/07/15 / 2015-07-17 19:51:17 / July 17, 2015 @ 7:51 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.59 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 00:21:17 / 12:21 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 69.2573 East, latitude 36.8591 North, depth = 7.59 km. Id of earthquake: us20002y7r. Event ids that are associated: us20002y7r.
Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nahrīn, Orzu, Dŭstí (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 38 km (24 miles) from Kunduz (c. 161 900 pop), 23 km (15 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Qarāwul (c. 24 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Nahrīn (c. 22 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 23 km NNE of Khanabad, Afghanistan.
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