A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Taloqan in Afghanistan. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/05/20 / 2020-05-19 12:03:31 / May 19, 2020 @ 12:03 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 69.5375° East, 36.4586° North, depth 50.45 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us70009kr7. Event ids that are associated: us70009kr7. The temblor was reported at 16:33:31 / 4:33 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 50.45 km (31 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Panj, Pul-e Khumrī, Baghlān (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Kunduz (c. 161 900 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Baghlān (c. 108 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Pul-e Khumrī (c. 56 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 30 km S of Taloqan, Afghanistan.
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