A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Farkhar in Afghanistan on Tuesday. Id of earthquake: us20002vn1. Event ids that are associated: us20002vn1. Exact location of event, depth 216.08 km, 70.2106° East, 36.5342° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 216.08 km (134 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 11:35:08 / 11:35 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/07/15 / 2015-07-07 07:05:08 / July 7, 2015 @ 7:05 am.
Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ārt Khwājah, Rustāq, Fayzabad (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Ārt Khwājah (c. 18 600 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 31 km E of Farkhar, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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