A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Farkhar in Afghanistan. The epicenter was at a depth of 199.64 km (124 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:47:13 / 4:47 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 27/10/15 / 2015-10-27 00:17:13 / October 27, 2015 @ 12:17 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 199.64 km, 70.2511° East, 36.4838° North. Event id: us200040rr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200040rr.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rustāq, Fayzabad, Taloqan. Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 70 km (43 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-four, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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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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: 36 km ESE of Farkhar, Afghanistan.
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