A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Farkhar in Afghanistan. Exact location of event, longitude 70.3098 East, latitude 36.5039 North, depth = 200.98 km. Unique identifier: us10003zpq. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003zpq. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/11/15 / 2015-11-20 00:02:28 / November 20, 2015 @ 12:02 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 04:32:28 / 4:32 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 200.98 km (125 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rustāq, Taloqan, Fayzabad (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 41 km E of Farkhar, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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