A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Farkhār in Afghanistan. Exact location of event, depth 197.88 km, 70.2909° East, 36.5275° North. The temblor was detected at 13:06:04 / 1:06 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 197.88 km (123 miles). 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: 06/05/24 / 2024-05-06 13:06:04 / May 6, 2024 @ 1:06 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000myas. Id of event: us6000myas.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rustāq, Taloqan, Fayzabad (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 39 km E of Farkhār, Afghanistan.
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