A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Farkhar in Afghanistan on Monday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 216.03 km (134 miles). Exact location of event, depth 216.03 km, 70.2258° East, 36.5093° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000c5hi. Id of event: us2000c5hi. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 18/12/17 / 2017-12-18 00:27:41 / December 18, 2017 @ 12:27 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 04:57:41 / 4:57 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 67 km (41 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rustāq, Fayzabad, Jurm (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 33 km ESE of Farkhar, Afghanistan.
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