A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 36 kilometers (22 miles) from `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan in Afghanistan on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude 70.6608 East, latitude 36.3494 North, depth = 159.32 km. Event id: us70008y1j. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008y1j. The temblor was detected at 05:00:06 / 5:00 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/04/20 / 2020-04-17 00:30:06 / April 17, 2020 @ 12:30 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 159.32 km (99 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham, Fayzabad.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 36 km NNW of `Alaqahdari-ye Kiran wa Munjan, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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