A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan. Exact location of event, longitude 70.6958 East, latitude 36.4199 North, depth = 177.08 km. Global time and date of event 15/05/16 / 2016-05-15 13:51:36 / May 15, 2016 @ 1:51 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 177.08 km (110 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us10005hjz. Unique identifier: us10005hjz. The temblor was detected at 18:21:36 / 6:21 pm (local time epicenter).
Close 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). Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 two, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 43 km N of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan.
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