A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 46 kilometers (29 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 109.51 km (68 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 14:08:13 / 2:08 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 03/08/16 / 2016-08-03 09:38:13 / August 3, 2016 @ 9:38 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 70.3056° East, latitude 36.2117° North, depth = 109.51 km. Unique identifier: us100069p2. Ids that are associated to the event: us100069p2.
The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Taloqan, Jurm, Farkhār.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
Did you feel the quake?
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: 46 km WNW of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2016 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply