A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Farkhar in Afghanistan. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70004581. Id of event: us70004581. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 13:51:58 / 1:51 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 209.86 km (130 miles). Exact location of event, depth 209.86 km, 70.3361° East, 36.5301° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/06/19 / 2019-06-26 09:21:58 / June 26, 2019 @ 9:21 am.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rustāq, Taloqan, Fayzabad (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 75 km (47 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 43 km E of Farkhar, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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