A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/07/19 / 2019-07-08 22:46:33 / July 8, 2019 @ 10:46 pm. The temblor was picked up at 03:16:33 / 3:16 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 109.31 km (68 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us70004f9s. Unique identifier: us70004f9s. Exact location of earthquake, 70.7707° East, 36.2314° North, depth 109.31 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishqoshim, Pārūn, Farkhār. The epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Pārūn (c. 1 000 pop).
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 one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 22 km N of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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