A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 50 kilometers (31 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan on Sunday. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/09/19 / 2019-09-29 02:17:31 / September 29, 2019 @ 2:17 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 102.81 km (64 miles). Event id: us70005s40. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005s40. The temblor was reported at 06:47:31 / 6:47 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 70.2155 East, latitude 35.9802 North, depth = 102.81 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) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pārūn, Farkhār (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (46 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Pārūn (c. 1 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 50 km W of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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