A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan. Event id: us10006a3s. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006a3s. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 205.24 km (128 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:50:43 / 9:50 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/08/16 / 2016-08-04 17:20:43 / August 4, 2016 @ 5:20 pm. Exact location of event, depth 205.24 km, 70.5961° East, 36.4373° North.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ashkāsham, Fayzabad, Farkhār (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 48 km NNW of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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