A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Nahrin in Afghanistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10005zli. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005zli. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:12:00 / 4:12 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 69.1169 East, latitude 36.2944 North, depth = 158.04 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/07/16 / 2016-07-03 11:42:00 / July 3, 2016 @ 11:42 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 158.04 km (98 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 54 km (33 miles) from Kunduz (c. 161 900 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Baghlān (c. 108 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Pul-e Khumrī (c. 56 400 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Nahrīn (c. 22 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Farkhār, Taloqan, Kunduz (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. 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: 25 km N of Nahrin, Afghanistan.
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