A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:12:16 / 7:12 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us70004lzx. Ids that are associated to the event: us70004lzx. Global time and date of event 17/07/19 / 2019-07-17 02:42:16 / July 17, 2019 @ 2:42 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 70.4171° East, latitude 36.1201° North, depth = 171.16 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 171.16 km (106 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Farkhār. Epicenter of the earthquake was 71 km (44 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 33 km WNW of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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