A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Nahrin in Afghanistan. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 112.19 km (70 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 112.19 km, 69.3442° East, 36.2291° North. Global time and date of event 10/12/19 / 2019-12-10 06:50:23 / December 10, 2019 @ 6:50 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us60006pns. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60006pns. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:20:23 / 11:20 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 71 km (44 miles) from Kunduz (c. 161 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Baghlān (c. 108 400 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Pul-e Khumrī (c. 56 400 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Nahrīn (c. 22 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kunduz, Pul-e Khumrī, Farkhār (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 26 km NE of Nahrin, Afghanistan.
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