A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 109.01 km (68 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 70.8458° East, latitude 36.1063° North, depth = 109.01 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006d6v. Id of event: us70006d6v. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/11/19 / 2019-11-26 14:44:58 / November 26, 2019 @ 2:44 pm. The temblor was detected at 19:14:58 / 7:14 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ashkāsham, Jurm, Pārūn (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Pārūn (c. 1 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 twelve and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 10 km NE of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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