A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 43 kilometers (27 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan on Friday. Id of earthquake: us1000ebqk. Event ids that are associated: us1000ebqk. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/05/18 / 2018-05-25 00:46:36 / May 25, 2018 @ 12:46 am. Exact location of event, longitude 70.6339 East, latitude 36.4013 North, depth = 149.56 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 149.56 km (93 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 05:16:36 / 5:16 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ashkāsham, Fayzabad, Farkhār. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 two, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. 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: 43 km NNW of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan.
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