A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan. The temblor was detected at 03:11:32 / 3:11 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 89.91 km (56 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/05/17 / 2017-05-03 22:41:32 / May 3, 2017 @ 10:41 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 71.0044° East, 36.3028° North, depth 89.91 km. Event id: us10008p2l. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008p2l.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ishqoshim, Jurm, Ashkāsham. Epicenter of the event was 72 km (45 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 36 km NE of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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