A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Farkhar in Afghanistan on Tuesday. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:31:37 / 4:31 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/10/15 / 2015-10-27 00:01:37 / October 27, 2015 @ 12:01 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 70.2941° East, latitude 36.5367° North, depth = 210.26 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 210.26 km (131 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us200040rn. Unique identifier: us200040rn. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rustāq, Taloqan, Fayzabad. The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-five, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every 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.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 39 km E of Farkhar, Afghanistan.
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