A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 29/05/16 / 2016-05-29 06:45:59 / May 29, 2016 @ 6:45 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.8097 East, latitude 36.0551 North, depth = 92.05 km. The temblor was reported at 11:15:59 / 11:15 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us20005z01. Event ids that are associated: us20005z01. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 92.05 km (57 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ashkāsham, Jurm, Pārūn. Earthquake epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Pārūn (c. 1 000 pop).
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 eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km NE of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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