A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan. Event id: us2000628q. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000628q. Exact location of event, longitude 70.3095 East, latitude 36.1466 North, depth = 105 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 105 km (65 miles). The temblor was detected at 03:18:10 / 3:18 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/06/16 / 2016-06-05 22:48:10 / June 5, 2016 @ 10:48 pm.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Farkhār (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 62 km (39 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 43 km WNW of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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