A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Farkhar in Afghanistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:51:36 / 2:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/05/17 / 2017-05-10 22:21:36 / May 10, 2017 @ 10:21 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us10008raq. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008raq. Exact location of event, longitude 70.1574 East, latitude 36.5605 North, depth = 229.84 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 229.84 km (143 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ārt Khwājah, Fayzabad, Rustāq. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). The epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Ārt Khwājah (c. 18 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-three 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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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: 26 km E of Farkhar, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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