A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Nahrin in Afghanistan on Thursday. The epicenter was at a depth of 90.83 km (56 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 69.0905 East, latitude 36.0078 North, depth = 90.83 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10005gtq. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005gtq. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/05/16 / 2016-05-12 16:02:03 / May 12, 2016 @ 4:02 pm. The temblor was detected at 20:32:03 / 8:32 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taloqan, Bāzārak, Kunduz (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (51 miles) from Kunduz (c. 161 900 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Baghlān (c. 108 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Bāzārak (c. 65 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 35 km (21 miles) from Pul-e Khumrī (c. 56 400 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 7 km SSW of Nahrin, Afghanistan.
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