A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Farkhar in Afghanistan. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/11/15 / 2015-11-01 12:50:10 / November 1, 2015 @ 12:50 pm. Event id: us2000416n. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000416n. Exact location of event, depth 211.42 km, 70.4448° East, 36.4799° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 17:20:10 / 5:20 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 211.42 km (131 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Event epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ashkāsham, Rustāq, Taloqan (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 53 km E of Farkhar, Afghanistan.
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