A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Farkhār in Afghanistan. Exact location of event, depth 208.81 km, 70.4007° East, 36.4641° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/12/20 / 2020-12-27 12:32:46 / December 27, 2020 @ 12:32 pm. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:32:46 / 12:32 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 208.81 km (130 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000d3fi. Event ids that are associated: us6000d3fi.
The epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rustāq, Taloqan, Fayzabad.
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 four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 50 km ESE of Farkhār, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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