A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Baghlan in Afghanistan on Friday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/12/19 / 2019-12-20 04:41:16 / December 20, 2019 @ 4:41 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us70006nxm. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006nxm. The temblor was picked up at 09:11:16 / 9:11 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 44.52 km (28 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 68.8996 East, latitude 36.3897 North, depth = 44.52 km.
The epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Kunduz (c. 161 900 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Baghlān (c. 108 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Pul-e Khumrī (c. 56 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Aībak (c. 47 800 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Qarāwul (c. 24 500 pop). Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Panj, Ārt Khwājah, Qarāwul.
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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 33 km NNE of Baghlan, Afghanistan.
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