A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from `Alaqahdari Deh-e Shu in Afghanistan. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/11/15 / 2015-11-23 16:58:04 / November 23, 2015 @ 4:58 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us100040hk. Event ids that are associated: us100040hk. The temblor was picked up at 21:28:04 / 9:28 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 63.8056 East, latitude 29.9157 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was ‘Alāqahdārī Dīshū (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 75 km (47 miles) from ‘Alāqahdārī Dīshū (c. 9 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 74 km SE of `Alaqahdari Deh-e Shu, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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