A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 49 kilometers (30 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 05:16:38 / 5:16 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 30/07/16 / 2016-07-30 00:46:38 / July 30, 2016 @ 12:46 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 70.5869° East, 36.4487° North, depth 206.5 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 206.5 km (128 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100069tf. Id of event: us100069tf. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ashkāsham, Fayzabad, Farkhār. Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 67 km (41 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 49 km NNW of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan.
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