A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 46 kilometers (29 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan on Tuesday. Exact location of event, longitude 70.6152 East, latitude 36.4288 North, depth = 214.41 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/12/15 / 2015-12-29 07:15:01 / December 29, 2015 @ 7:15 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 11:45:01 / 11:45 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us10004a7s. Unique identifier: us10004a7s. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 214.41 km (133 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham, Fayzabad (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 77 km (48 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 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 two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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