A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 45 kilometers (28 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 09:49:39 / 9:49 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 11/07/15 / 2015-07-11 05:19:39 / July 11, 2015 @ 5:19 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002wr6. Id of event: us20002wr6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 70.6885 East, latitude 36.4308 North, depth = 196.64 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 196.64 km (122 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham, Fayzabad (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 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 eight, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 45 km N of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan.
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