A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Baghlan in Afghanistan. Exact location of event, longitude 68.7279 East, latitude 36.1415 North, depth = 89.81 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 89.81 km (56 miles). The temblor was reported at 23:02:24 / 11:02 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/09/19 / 2019-09-13 18:32:24 / September 13, 2019 @ 6:32 pm. Event id: us70005g0f. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005g0f.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khanabad, Kunduz, Aībak. Epicenter of the earthquake was 66 km (41 miles) from Kunduz (c. 161 900 pop), 2 km (1 miles) from Baghlān (c. 108 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Pul-e Khumrī (c. 56 400 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Aībak (c. 47 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Nahrīn (c. 22 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 2 km NE of Baghlan, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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