A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Farkhar in Afghanistan. Exact location of earthquake, 70.3238° East, 36.5299° North, depth 209.33 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/10/16 / 2016-10-07 23:32:42 / October 7, 2016 @ 11:32 pm. Id of earthquake: us20007cpc. Event ids that are associated: us20007cpc. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 209.33 km (130 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 04:02:42 / 4:02 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rustāq, Taloqan, Fayzabad (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 41 km E of Farkhar, Afghanistan.
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