A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Farkhar in Afghanistan. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/09/15 / 2015-09-05 04:15:24 / September 5, 2015 @ 4:15 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 211.11 km (131 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us20003gk7. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003gk7. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:45:24 / 8:45 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 70.254 East, latitude 36.5043 North, depth = 211.11 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rustāq, Fayzabad, Taloqan (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 36 km ESE of Farkhar, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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