A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Farkhar in Afghanistan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 228.79 km (142 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004x0k. Id of event: us10004x0k. Exact location of event, longitude 70.1292 East, latitude 36.4787 North, depth = 228.79 km. The temblor was picked up at 18:22:05 / 6:22 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/03/16 / 2016-03-12 13:52:05 / March 12, 2016 @ 1:52 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ārt Khwājah, Fayzabad, Rustāq (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Ārt Khwājah (c. 18 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 26 km ESE of Farkhar, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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