A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 49 kilometers (30 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan on Sunday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/12/17 / 2017-12-24 14:20:56 / December 24, 2017 @ 2:20 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bvmy. Id of event: us1000bvmy. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 110.18 km (68 miles). Exact location of event, depth 110.18 km, 70.2511° East, 36.1701° North. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:50:56 / 6:50 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jurm, Taloqan, Farkhār. Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 49 km WNW of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan.
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