A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan. The temblor was detected at 15:23:19 / 3:23 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 144.64 km (90 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/08/15 / 2015-08-16 10:53:19 / August 16, 2015 @ 10:53 am. Exact location of event, longitude 70.5858 East, latitude 36.3773 North, depth = 144.64 km. Event id: us100032nv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100032nv.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ashkāsham, Fayzabad, Farkhār. Earthquake epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 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 three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 42 km NNW of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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