A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan kilometers (0 miles) from Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us20002zt8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002zt8. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/07/15 / 2015-07-06 04:23:39 / July 6, 2015 @ 4:23 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 209.92 km (130 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 70.8065 East, latitude 36.5507 North, depth = 209.92 km. The temblor was reported at 04:23:39 / 4:23 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Farkhār, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop).
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 eight, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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