A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 129.71 km (81 miles). The temblor was reported at 05:59:51 / 5:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/07/15 / 2015-07-19 01:29:51 / July 19, 2015 @ 1:29 am. Exact location of earthquake, 71.0152° East, 36.4182° North, depth 129.71 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000308k. Event ids that are associated: us1000308k.
Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fayzabad, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 48 km NNE of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan.
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