A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Farkhār in Afghanistan. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 222.577 km (138 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 70.324° East, 36.5166° North, depth 222.577 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/07/24 / 2024-07-18 18:14:42 / July 18, 2024 @ 6:14 pm UTC/GMT. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:14:42 / 6:14 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n02k. Id of event: us7000n02k. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ārt Khwājah, Rustāq, Taloqan (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Ārt Khwājah (c. 18 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 42 km E of Farkhār, Afghanistan.
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