A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/07/17 / 2017-07-14 19:41:06 / July 14, 2017 @ 7:41 pm. The temblor was detected at 00:11:06 / 12:11 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 70.3672° East, 36.1653° North, depth 105.59 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 105.59 km (66 miles). Id of earthquake: us20009y38. Event ids that are associated: us20009y38. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jurm, Farkhār. Epicenter of the event was 88 km (55 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-eight 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 39 km WNW of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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