A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Nahrin in Afghanistan. The temblor was detected at 15:12:51 / 3:12 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 08/05/18 / 2018-05-08 10:42:51 / May 8, 2018 @ 10:42 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000e0ku. Id of event: us1000e0ku. The epicenter was at a depth of 140.8 km (87 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 140.8 km, 69.8674° East, 35.9354° North.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Bāzārak (c. 65 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Nahrīn (c. 22 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bāzārak, Farkhār, Nahrīn (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop).
Each 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 one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 67 km ESE of Nahrin, Afghanistan.
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