A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Farkhar in Afghanistan on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/10/16 / 2016-10-06 23:15:06 / October 6, 2016 @ 11:15 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 121.6 km (76 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us20007cgk. Ids that are associated to the event: us20007cgk. Exact location of event, longitude 69.7414 East, latitude 36.1575 North, depth = 121.6 km. The temblor was picked up at 03:45:06 / 3:45 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Baghlān (c. 108 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Nahrīn (c. 22 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Baghlān, Khanabad, Taloqan.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days one hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 47 km SSW of Farkhar, Afghanistan.
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