A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Pul-e Khumri in Afghanistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 22.43 km, 68.6819° East, 35.8167° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/11/18 / 2018-11-28 14:44:25 / November 28, 2018 @ 2:44 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 22.43 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hxf5. Unique identifier: us1000hxf5. The temblor was picked up at 19:14:25 / 7:14 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 103 km (64 miles) from Kunduz (c. 161 900 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Baghlān (c. 108 400 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Bāzārak (c. 65 000 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Pul-e Khumrī (c. 56 400 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Charikar (c. 53 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Aībak (c. 47 800 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Nahrīn (c. 22 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kunduz, Charikar, Bāzārak (min 5000 pop).
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 three and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 14 km SSW of Pul-e Khumri, Afghanistan.
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