A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 29 kilometers (18 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan on Sunday. Exact location, longitude 70.7453° East, latitude 36.2959° North, depth = 119.43 km. The temblor was detected at 20:06:21 / 8:06 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/04/18 / 2018-04-29 15:36:21 / April 29, 2018 @ 3:36 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 119.43 km (74 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000dubh. Event ids that are associated: us1000dubh.
Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishqoshim, Farkhār, Ashkāsham.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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