A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Parun in Afghanistan. Global time and date of event 04/03/16 / 2016-03-04 22:55:48 / March 4, 2016 @ 10:55 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:25:48 / 3:25 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 88.82 km (55 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.2225 East, latitude 35.546 North, depth = 88.82 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10004uub. Unique identifier: us10004uub.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 69 km (43 miles) from Bāzārak (c. 65 000 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Pārūn (c. 1 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bāzārak, Pārūn. Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eighty-one 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 64 km WNW of Parun, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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