A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Paghm?n in Afghanistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 16:06:23 / 4:06 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 7.49 km (5 miles). Event id: us7000aiuv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000aiuv. Exact location of event, longitude 69.0512 East, latitude 34.6137 North, depth = 7.49 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/07/20 / 2020-07-06 16:06:23 / July 6, 2020 @ 4:06 pm.
Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 15 km (9 miles) from Kabul (c. 3 043 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Bāzārak (c. 65 000 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Charikar (c. 53 700 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Paghmān (c. 49 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Barakī Barak (c. 22 300 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Jabal os Saraj (c. 15 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Pul-e ‘Alam (c. 13 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bāzārak, , Barakī Barak (min 5000 pop).
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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 9 km ENE of Paghm?n, Afghanistan.
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