A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 24 kilometers (15 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us20007ela. Unique identifier: us20007ela. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 109.61 km (68 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 70.7774° East, 36.2488° North, depth 109.61 km. The temblor was reported at 18:49:23 / 6:49 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/10/16 / 2016-10-16 14:19:23 / October 16, 2016 @ 2:19 pm.
Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ishqoshim, Farkhār, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, 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 have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 24 km N of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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