A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan kilometers (0 miles) from Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan. The temblor was picked up at 22:15:35 / 10:15 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/10/18 / 2018-10-06 22:15:35 / October 6, 2018 @ 10:15 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.5381 East, latitude 35.9469 North, depth = 97.65 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h89r. Id of event: us1000h89r. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 97.65 km (61 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Farkhār, Pārūn. Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Pārūn (c. 1 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan.
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