A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Farkhar in Afghanistan. Exact location of earthquake, 70.2776° East, 36.5236° North, depth 196.51 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/10/15 / 2015-10-27 00:27:29 / October 27, 2015 @ 12:27 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:57:29 / 4:57 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us200040q8. Unique identifier: us200040q8. The epicenter was at a depth of 196.51 km (122 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rustāq, Fayzabad, Taloqan (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 70 km (44 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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 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: 37 km E of Farkhar, Afghanistan.
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