A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Farkhar in Afghanistan. Exact location of event, longitude 70.3536 East, latitude 36.5091 North, depth = 207.95 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10003vrb. Unique identifier: us10003vrb. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:07:33 / 8:07 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/11/15 / 2015-11-08 15:37:33 / November 8, 2015 @ 3:37 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 207.95 km (129 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rustāq, Taloqan, Fayzabad (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 44 km E of Farkhar, Afghanistan.
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