A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Farkhar in Afghanistan. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:18:26 / 6:18 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/07/16 / 2016-07-01 13:48:26 / July 1, 2016 @ 1:48 pm. Event id: us10005z45. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005z45. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 69.7794 East, latitude 36.3899 North, depth = 166.11 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 166.11 km (103 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 91 km (56 miles) from Kunduz (c. 161 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Nahrīn (c. 22 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Ārt Khwājah (c. 18 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kunduz, Rustāq, Ārt Khwājah.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 21 km SSW of Farkhar, Afghanistan.
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