A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Khandūd in Afghanistan. Exact location of event, depth 202.763 km, 72.3021° East, 37.5266° North. Global time and date of event 03/08/24 / 2024-08-03 07:19:44 / August 3, 2024 @ 7:19 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 07:19:44 / 7:19 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 202.763 km (126 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nhun. Id of event: us6000nhun. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khorugh, Khandūd. Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifteen 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 63 km N of Khandūd, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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