A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Nahrin in Afghanistan. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 131.05 km (81 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/08/19 / 2019-08-30 22:28:33 / August 30, 2019 @ 10:28 pm. Exact location, longitude 69.6249° East, latitude 35.9391° North, depth = 131.05 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:58:33 / 2:58 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us70005af3. Event ids that are associated: us70005af3. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taloqan, Baghlān, Pul-e Khumrī (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from Baghlān (c. 108 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Bāzārak (c. 65 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Pul-e Khumrī (c. 56 400 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Nahrīn (c. 22 400 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 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 three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 46 km ESE of Nahrin, Afghanistan.
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