A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Farkhar in Afghanistan. Exact location of earthquake, 69.7679° East, 36.5774° North, depth 172.53 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 172.53 km (107 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 16:01:04 / 4:01 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 14/07/19 / 2019-07-14 11:31:04 / July 14, 2019 @ 11:31 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us70004k1b. Unique identifier: us70004k1b.
Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kunduz, Dasht-e Archī, Nahrīn. Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Kunduz (c. 161 900 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Nahrīn (c. 22 400 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Ārt Khwājah (c. 18 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 8 km W of Farkhar, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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