A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 39 kilometers (24 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan on Thursday. Exact location of event, depth 97.71 km, 71.1977° East, 36.1167° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us20004zdj. Event ids that are associated: us20004zdj. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 97.71 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 10/02/16 / 2016-02-10 21:33:14 / February 10, 2016 @ 9:33 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:03:14 / 2:03 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Pārūn (c. 1 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jurm, Pārūn, Ishqoshim.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 39 km ENE of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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