A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Khandud in Afghanistan. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 71.06 km (44 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 72.4873 East, latitude 37.5259 North, depth = 71.06 km. Unique identifier: us10007mzp. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007mzp. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:45:05 / 1:45 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 27/12/16 / 2016-12-27 08:45:05 / December 27, 2016 @ 8:45 am UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khorugh, Khandūd.
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 thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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: 65 km NNE of Khandud, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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