A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Farkhar in Afghanistan. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/07/16 / 2016-07-06 21:03:01 / July 6, 2016 @ 9:03 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 70.356° East, 36.5151° North, depth 204.44 km. The temblor was reported at 01:33:01 / 1:33 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us100061ft. Event ids that are associated: us100061ft. The epicenter was at a depth of 204.44 km (127 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rustāq, Taloqan, Fayzabad (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-seven 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 45 km E of Farkhar, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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