A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Farkhar in Afghanistan. The temblor was reported at 20:17:50 / 8:17 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10003yi6. Event ids that are associated: us10003yi6. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 208.63 km (130 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/11/15 / 2015-11-15 15:47:50 / November 15, 2015 @ 3:47 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 70.3244 East, latitude 36.4972 North, depth = 208.63 km.
Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (47 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rustāq, Taloqan, Fayzabad.
Each 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 42 km ESE of Farkhar, Afghanistan.
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