A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Farkhar in Afghanistan. All ids that are associated to the event: us10002zzt. Unique identifier: us10002zzt. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 69.9802 East, latitude 36.5257 North, depth = 220.41 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/08/15 / 2015-08-07 01:54:22 / August 7, 2015 @ 1:54 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 220.41 km (137 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:24:22 / 6:24 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nahrīn, Jurm, Fayzabad (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Nahrīn (c. 22 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Ārt Khwājah (c. 18 600 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 12 km ESE of Farkhar, Afghanistan.
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