A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Aibak in Afghanistan. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/10/16 / 2016-10-13 06:03:53 / October 13, 2016 @ 6:03 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007dra. Id of event: us20007dra. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 21.46 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 10:33:53 / 10:33 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 21.46 km, 68.1559° East, 36.3916° North.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nahrīn, Khanabad, Kunduz (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Kunduz (c. 161 900 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Baghlān (c. 108 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Khulm (c. 64 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Pul-e Khumrī (c. 56 400 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Aībak (c. 47 800 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Nahrīn (c. 22 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 18 km NE of Aibak, Afghanistan.
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