A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Aibak in Afghanistan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 37.89 km (24 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/05/19 / 2019-05-26 13:59:36 / May 26, 2019 @ 1:59 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60003sfe. Id of event: us60003sfe. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 68.2003° East, latitude 36.3959° North, depth = 37.89 km. The temblor was detected at 18:29:36 / 6:29 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nahrīn, Khanabad, Kunduz (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Kunduz (c. 161 900 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Baghlān (c. 108 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Khulm (c. 64 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Pul-e Khumrī (c. 56 400 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Aībak (c. 47 800 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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
How would you describe the shaking?
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 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: 22 km NE of Aibak, Afghanistan.
Copyright © 2019 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply