A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 125.4 km (78 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/06/16 / 2016-06-27 03:35:04 / June 27, 2016 @ 3:35 am. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:05:04 / 8:05 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000673d. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000673d. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.317 East, latitude 36.0828 North, depth = 125.4 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pārūn, Farkhār. Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop), 92 km (57 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 two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 41 km W of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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