A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 45 kilometers (28 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us10007pae. Event ids that are associated: us10007pae. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/01/17 / 2017-01-02 16:51:07 / January 2, 2017 @ 4:51 pm. The temblor was detected at 21:21:07 / 9:21 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 206.19 km (128 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 70.748° East, 36.4383° North, depth 206.19 km.
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, Fayzabad (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 81 km (50 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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 45 km N of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan.
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