A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Farkhar in Afghanistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 18:21:16 / 6:21 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us70008t8i. Ids that are associated to the event: us70008t8i. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 125.98 km (78 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 125.98 km, 70.0004° East, 36.0209° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/04/20 / 2020-04-10 13:51:16 / April 10, 2020 @ 1:51 pm.
Epicenter of the event was 90 km (56 miles) from Bāzārak (c. 65 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Nahrīn (c. 22 400 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bāzārak, Taloqan, Nahrīn (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. 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: 62 km SSE of Farkhar, Afghanistan.
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