A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Farkhar in Afghanistan on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:44:06 / 1:44 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 215.06 km (134 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200066wz. Id of event: us200066wz. Exact location of event, longitude 70.0843 East, latitude 36.5402 North, depth = 215.06 km. Global time and date of event 26/06/16 / 2016-06-26 09:14:06 / June 26, 2016 @ 9:14 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nahrīn, Khanabad, Ārt Khwājah (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Nahrīn (c. 22 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Ārt Khwājah (c. 18 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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