A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan. Event id: us200064hz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200064hz. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/06/16 / 2016-06-15 09:02:16 / June 15, 2016 @ 9:02 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 112.14 km (70 miles). The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:32:16 / 1:32 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.3014 East, latitude 36.0967 North, depth = 112.14 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taloqan, Jurm, Pārūn. Earthquake epicenter was 99 km (61 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Pārūn (c. 1 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 43 km W of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan.
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