A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 121.6 km (76 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 121.6 km, 70.6306° East, 36.1095° North. The temblor was detected at 07:24:36 / 7:24 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/07/18 / 2018-07-07 02:54:36 / July 7, 2018 @ 2:54 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000fywn. Unique identifier: us2000fywn. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Farkhār, Jurm, Pārūn (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 86 km (53 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Pārūn (c. 1 000 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 one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 15 km NW of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan.
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