A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Farkhar in Afghanistan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 204.31 km (127 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 05:14:37 / 5:14 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10003rp7. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003rp7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 70.2149 East, latitude 36.4639 North, depth = 204.31 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/10/15 / 2015-10-27 00:44:37 / October 27, 2015 @ 12:44 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rustāq, Fayzabad, Jurm (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 34 km ESE of Farkhar, Afghanistan.
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