A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/01/19 / 2019-01-26 13:39:00 / January 26, 2019 @ 1:39 pm. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:09:00 / 6:09 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j96k. Unique identifier: us2000j96k. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 205.35 km (128 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 70.6696 East, latitude 36.4246 North, depth = 205.35 km.
The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham, Fayzabad (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 44 km NNW of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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