A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Farkhar in Afghanistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 70.3733° East, latitude 36.51° North, depth = 193.36 km. The temblor was detected at 04:39:45 / 4:39 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/01/18 / 2018-01-02 00:09:45 / January 2, 2018 @ 12:09 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 193.36 km (120 miles). Event id: us1000byvs. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000byvs.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rustāq, Taloqan, Fayzabad. Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-two 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: 46 km E of Farkhar, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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