A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000hbvl. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000hbvl. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.7783 East, latitude 36.3196 North, depth = 95.99 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/09/18 / 2018-09-10 11:45:31 / September 10, 2018 @ 11:45 am. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:15:31 / 4:15 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 95.99 km (60 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fayzabad, Ishqoshim, Farkhār (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 four, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 32 km N of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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