A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 37 kilometers (23 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan on Wednesday. Id of earthquake: us20006fyp. Event ids that are associated: us20006fyp. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 01:05:06 / 1:05 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 70.3518 East, latitude 36.0361 North, depth = 105.77 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 105.77 km (66 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/07/16 / 2016-07-19 20:35:06 / July 19, 2016 @ 8:35 pm.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Pārūn (c. 1 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pārūn, Farkhār (min 5000 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 five, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 37 km W of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan.
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