A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 31 kilometers (19 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 03:50:30 / 3:50 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 02/04/20 / 2020-04-02 23:20:30 / April 2, 2020 @ 11:20 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 124.05 km (77 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.4209 East, latitude 36.0455 North, depth = 124.05 km. Id of earthquake: us70008m4u. Event ids that are associated: us70008m4u. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Pārūn (c. 1 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pārūn, 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 three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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