A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan. Exact location, longitude 70.8507° East, latitude 36.3741° North, depth = 137.43 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/08/16 / 2016-08-28 16:57:36 / August 28, 2016 @ 4:57 pm. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:27:36 / 9:27 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us20006uua. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006uua. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 137.43 km (85 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Farkhār, Fayzabad, Ishqoshim (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 86 km (53 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 38 km N of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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